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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / c. Liberal equality

[importance of equality with liberalism]

9 ideas
Minority rights are everyone's rights, because we all have turns in the minority [Constant]
People are improved by egalitarian institutions and habits [Green,TH]
A legitimate system is one accepted as both impartial and reasonably partial [Nagel]
States can't enforce mutual aid on citizens, or interfere for their own good [Nozick]
Liberals are egalitarians, but in varying degrees [Kekes]
Liberal equality concerns rights, and liberal freedom concerns choice of ends [Shorten]
Liberalism asserts maximum freedom, but that must be equal for all participants [Charvet]
Egalitarian liberals prefer equality (either of input or outcome) to liberty [Charvet]
Left-wingers are inconsistent in their essentialist descriptions of social groups [Gopnik]