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      • Week 46: Equality
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Week 46: Equality

Extremism

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Negotiations and Other Interactions

Negotiations and Other Interactions

The title of this topic comes from Paul Simon's song "Train in the Distance", wherein Simon writes "negotiations and love songs are often mistaken for one and the same." The idealized version of ... Read More about Negotiations and Other Interactions

Freedom of Expression

Freedom of Expression

The right to speak freely and to be heard is an indispensable part of equality. Equally indispensable is the community's receptiveness to ideas: its willingness to listen and hear. This is a daunting ... Read More about Freedom of Expression

Balance

Balance

We need balance in life, and in how we see life. Balance is essential to a healthy and well-ordered life. To gain another perspective on human values, and life, consider the issue of balance. ... Read More about Balance

Political Equality

Political Equality

People have always schemed to gain political advantage over others. In the long age of kings, political equality was not even discussed but since democracy began to emerge in the late eighteenth ... Read More about Political Equality

Equal Rights and Protection of Law

Equal Rights and Protection of Law

Because laws are necessary, so too are moral principles for the laws. . . . in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. ... Read More about Equal Rights and Protection of Law

Equal Opportunity – Opportunity In Fact – Economic Justice

Equal Opportunity – Opportunity In Fact – Economic Justice

In a world of limits, in which everyone seeks his own welfare, an equal chance for everyone is an essential part of justice. It must be a real and practical chance, not merely a theoretical chance ... Read More about Equal Opportunity – Opportunity In Fact – Economic Justice

Equality

Equality

Equality lies only in human moral dignity. . . . Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers. [Fyodor Dostoevsky, ... Read More about Equality

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