By nature equal
the anatomy of a Western insight
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Author
Contributions
- Brennan, Patrick M., 1966- - Contributor
- Witte, John, 1959- - Contributor
Publication
1999 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
90,500 words, Guess
Page Count
362 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL378934M
- ISBN-100691059225
- OCLC Control Number98041031
- OCLC Control Number39849417
- OCLC Control Numberbynatureequal00coon
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number98041031
- Goodreads2690686
- LibraryThing3693327
Classifications
- DDC305/.01
- LCCHM146 .C66 1999
Description
What do we mean when we refer to people as being equal by nature? In the first book devoted to human equality as a fact rather than as a social goal or a legal claim, John Coons and Patrick Brennan argue that even if people possess unequal talents or are born into unequal circumstances, all may still be equal if it is true that human nature provides them the same access to moral self-perfection. Plausibly, in the authors' view, such access stems from the power of individuals to achieve goodness simply by doing the best they can to discover and perform correct actions. If people enjoy the same degree of natural capacity to try, all of us are offered the same opportunities for moral self-fulfillment. To believe this is to believe in equality. This truly interdisciplinary work not only proposes the authors' own rationale but also provides an effective deconstruction of several other contemporary theories of equality, while it engages historical, philosophical, and Christian accounts as well.
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