Value (ethics) - Equality

Equality

Philosophic or ethic value equality is the concept of two objects having the same philosophic value. It can be of different types, depending of the value:

  • Philosophic or ethic intrinsic value equality, where the objects have the same intrinsic value
  • Philosophic or ethic instrumental value equality, where the objects have the same instrumental value
  • Philosophic or ethic whole value equality, where the objects have the same whole value
  • Philosophic or ethic total value equality, where the objects have the same total value

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Famous quotes containing the word equality:

    Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.
    Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    Prosperity or egalitarianism—you have to choose. I favor freedom—you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.
    Mario Vargas Llosa (b. 1936)

    If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the being, the principle of equality requires that its suffering be counted equally with the like suffering—insofar as rough comparisons can be made—of any other being.
    Peter Singer (b. 1946)