Politics & Government · Political Theory
A topic within Political Theory, itself one of 14 topics in that field and part of Politics & Government.
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792
Women appear inferior in reason and virtue only because they are denied the education given to men, so equality between the sexes requires equal…
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A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind
Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1755
Traces inequality not to nature but to the invention of private property, which turns small natural differences in strength or skill into permanent…
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Women appear inferior in reason and virtue only because they are denied the education given to men, so equality between the sexes requires equal education rather than a different nature.
about 6 hours to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Traces inequality not to nature but to the invention of private property, which turns small natural differences in strength or skill into permanent social rank enforced by law.
about 2 hours to readlink checked 17 Sept 2026Amartya Sen
Utility and resources both fail as the metric of equality because people convert them into wellbeing at different rates; what should be equalised is capability to function.
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