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- ‘Equality of opportunity is a valid social goal. Equality of outcome is not.’ Discuss.
- Ought socialists to value equality intrinsically?
- Can one be an anarchist and an egalitarian?
- Is equality of opportunity an ethically preferable objective to equality of welfare?
- 'It is important to reduce some inequalities in society, but not because equality itself is of value.' Discuss.
- The correct focus of egalitarian concern is not the distribution of anything, but the quality of social relations.' Discuss.
- Egalitarianism's 'purpose is to eliminate involuntary disadvantage, by which I...mean disadvantage for which the sufferer cannot be held responsible, since it does not appropriately reflect choices that he has made or would male.' (COHEN) Should this be egalitarianism's purpose?