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    Concept of Equality

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    Equality is the foundation of democracy and implies a leveling process where all individuals have equal rights, duties, and access to adequate opportunities for development. While liberty and equality seem contradictory due to their different implications for state involvement and economic systems, they are also closely related because true democracy and liberty can only exist when equality abolishes privileges and creates conditions where all people are treated equally.

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    Equality is the foundation of democracy and implies a leveling process where all individuals have equal rights, duties, and access to adequate opportunities for development. While liberty and equality seem contradictory due to their different implications for state involvement and economic systems, they are also closely related because true democracy and liberty can only exist when equality abolishes privileges and creates conditions where all people are treated equally.

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    Equality is the foundation of democracy and implies a leveling process where all individuals have equal rights, duties, and access to adequate opportunities for development. While liberty and equality seem contradictory due to their different implications for state involvement and economic systems, they are also closely related because true democracy and liberty can only exist when equality abolishes privileges and creates conditions where all people are treated equally.

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    Concept Of Equality

    Equality is the foundation stone of democracy.


    • The formation of the doctrine of equality is a contribution
    of Greek political philosophers like Plato and Aristotle in
    B.C’s and Rousseau in the eighteenth century.
    • Rousseau advocated two types of inequalities present in
    the society : 1.Natural inequality and 2. Conventional
    Inequality
    • The modern concept of equality is derived from the
    theory of rights. Rights provide conditions in which
    unequal men are treated equally.
    • Equality implies a certain leveling process
    • Equality implies the absence of special privileges
    • Equality means provision for adequate opportunities to all
    for the development of the personalities. ‘Adequate
    opportunities’ does not imply ‘equal opportunities’
    • Equal distribution of rights to all the individuals by the state.
    • All should have equal access to opportunities leading to
    equality.
    • Equality means equality of rights and duties. It also means
    equality before law and equal protection of law
    Dimensions of Equality :
    • 1. Legal Equality
    • 2. Political Equality
    • 3. Social Equality
    • 4.Economic Equality
    • 5. Natural Equality
    Liberty and Equality :
    • Liberty and Equality are contradictory to each other for the
    following reasons.
    1.Liberty means absence of restrain. Equality implies necessary
    restraints for leveling purpose.
    2.liberty needs a negative state with very limited functions. Equality
    postulates a positive state with welfare functions.
    3.Liberty needs maintenance of capitalism. Equality demands abolition
    of capitalism.
    4.The interference of state threatens liberty. The regulating powers of
    the state are necessary for equality.
    5.Man’s economic status is related to his ability and pursuit.
    Liberty and Equality are closely related :
    • 1.Equality abolishes inequalities of wealth and power and equality
    becomes the basis of liberty.
    • 2.Without equality there can be no democracy and without democracy
    there can be no liberty. Real democracy rests on two pillars-liberty and
    equality.
    • 3.The economic conditions required for liberty and equality are the same.
    • 4.Equality abolishes special privileges and liberty can exist only in the
    absence of special privileges.
    • 5.Both liberty and equality aim at the development of the personality of
    the individual.
    • 6.Liberty without equality has no meaning and equality without liberty
    has no value.

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