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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 04:00 PM
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Would you agree with this statement.
"Intelligent fair minded people always come out in favor of equality."
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cloudbase Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 04:05 PM
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1. No.
Too vague. Equality of opportunity? Equality of outcome?
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 04:07 PM
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2. Unfortunately, no. 'usually' not 'always'.
Even intelligent fair minded people can be wrong sometimes.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 04:14 PM
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3. "Fair minded" seems to imply being supportive of equality. nt
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zipplewrath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 04:40 PM
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4. No
Ignoring the lack of punctuation that may or may not be important, some intelligent people may often decide that equality would not produce justice, or fairness. I'm not one of them.
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