Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
6-2002
Abstract
The foundations of human inequality lie in the fact of human diversity, or in the human tendency to differentiate from some while associating with others to form groups. The diversity which results from association and differentiation makes equality unattainable. Diversity and equality are incompatible, and attempts to promote one can only be made at the expense of the other. In these circumstances, we should abandon the ideal of equality as incapable of offering us an adequate understanding of the nature of the good society.
Discipline
Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Volume
1
Issue
2
First Page
185
Last Page
212
ISSN
1470-594X
Identifier
10.1177/1470594X02001002002
Publisher
SAGE Publications (UK and US)
Citation
KUKATHAS, Chandran.(2002). Equality and diversity. Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 1(2), 185-212.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2932
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X02001002002
