So, I downloaded an MIT course called "moral problems and the good life." I am not sure how much I'm going to get out of the lectures or readings, but I found some of the paper topics of particular interest. I think I'm going to assign them to myself, and do some research and then write a paper for my own personal edification. Here's the first one. Feel free to discuss and let me know your thoughts. I have never really thought about this before:
Is equality itself something of value? Are there specifically egalitarian reasons for objecting to inequalities? Or is the problem with inequalities that they result in unhappiness, or inefficiency, or some other disvalue?
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Egalitarian reasons for rejecting inequalities? Are you serious? Isn't that the very definition of egalitarianism?
In a short address called "Membership," part of the compilation of addresses in The Weight of Glory, C.S. Lewis briefly and succinctly touches upon the subject of egalitarianism. You should read it.
I continue to be amazed at the breadth of Lewis' reach and commentary. An amazing man, indeed.
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