Sentence examples for merits of equality from inspiring English sources

An entrenched belief in "deserved inequality" was a major obstacle to convincing the public about the benefits of redistributive tax or the merits of equality generally, they said.

For example, Alesina and Giuliano (2010) note that different cultures emphasize the relative merits of equality versus individualism in different ways, and different historical experiences shape social norms about what is acceptable in terms of inequality (for a study of cultural effects on cooperation see Hermann et al. (2008)).

"People can and will debate the merits of marriage equality, which I think is all about fairness and stronger families," said Elbridge James, chair of the Maryland State NAACP Political Action Committee, in a statement released by Marylanders for Marriage Equality.

The selection procedure for access to specialty medical training is based on the constitutional principles of equality, merit and capacity for public employment.

Who can dispute democracy, with its admirable pledge of equality and merit?

Science was a social space in which different sorts of men aristocrats and commoners alike met and exchanged ideas on the basis of equality and merit.

Only if all applicants are equally qualified or there is no feasible and cost-effective way to distinguish among the applicants according to their merit would a lottery satisfy the ideal of equality of opportunity.

The basis of the policy was that of equality of opportunity based on merit; and hundreds of thousands of working-class children were to take advantage of it over the next 30 years.

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Book V, Aristotle had identified two types of equality: geometrical, or proportional to merit; and arithmetical, or proportional to mere numerical counting.

Finally, the reader might wish to test the merits of rival answers to the equality-of-what question by considering a social justice issue different in character from the issues considered so far.

If you are part of the first generation of Americans who assume women merit full equality instead of grudging acceptance, will you not have done better than we did?