CHAPTER 10
Concept of Equality
INTRODUCTION
Equality is a contested concept of political theory and it is widely used in modern political thought but with diverging understandings. In classical and medieval political philosophy, the principle of equality is not very well accepted, they had a profound belief in the idea of natural inequality, for example, Plato’s view that people with higher rational skill can be part of the Ruling Class, similarly, Aristotle rejected citizenship to women and slaves. Hence, they didn’t advocate the principle of equal treatment of people by the State.
Equality got its wing in modern political philosophy. The idea of Individualism first led to the establishment of Foundational Equality/Formal Equality. With the ...
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