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Egalitarianism
The concept of equality is an internally complex idea. We should speak instead of conceptions because many of the varied conceptual strands that fall under this category bear family resemblances but sit together uncomfortably or downright contend with one another. This is because equality is an intrinsically comparative idea. The proposition that two things are equal may be descriptive, that is, factual, or it may be normative. Such a proposition is incomplete, however, without further specification of the respects in which the objects compared are thought to be equal. Because no two objects outside the realm of pure mathematics or logic can be equal in all respects—only in all relevant respects—the question of which respects are relevant in social theory yields a spectrum of debates.
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