By Nature Equal: The Anatomy of a Western InsightWhat 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. |
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... rights which now, indeed, require a separate decree of the creator for their authority. This disconnection of fact from norm was retained in the final version: We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men 4 INTRODUCTION.
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By Nature Equal: The Anatomy of a Western Insight John E. Coons,Patrick M. Brennan Limited preview - 1999 |
By Nature Equal: The Anatomy of a Western Insight John E. Coons,Patrick M. Brennan Limited preview - 1999 |