Saturday, January 21, 2006

A Quote from Amartya Sen in Inequality Reexamined (Preface)

The substantive importance of the question 'equality of what?' relates, thus, to the empirical fact of pervasive human diversity. Investigations of equality-theoritical as well as practical-that proceed with the assumption of antecedent uniformity (including the presumption that 'all men are created equal') thus miss out on a major aspect of the problem. Human diversity is no secondary complication (to be ignored, or to be introduced 'later on'); it is a fundamental aspect of our interest in equality.

*lagi hang berat nih, semoga besok nggak terlalu hang... pasti karena rindu...

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