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    On Natural Inequality of Men
    On Natural Inequality of Men
    On Natural Inequality of Men
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    On Natural Inequality of Men

    By Vlad Zeit

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    Men are different in their physical features, qualities of the mind and character. They possess different virtues and vices. These differences are often called 'natural inequality of men'. Very common and widely shared notion is that this 'natural inequality' is the basic ground for men's social inequality, inequality of wealth and power. This notion is not true.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVlad Zeit
    Release dateOct 6, 2012
    ISBN9781301083978
    On Natural Inequality of Men
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    Vlad Zeit

    Classical literature reader.Hobbies: skiing, hiking, photography.Ca resident

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      On Natural Inequality of Men - Vlad Zeit

      ON NATURAL INEQUALITY OF MEN

      and why it doesn’t exist and why it doesn’t matter

      By Vlad Zeit

      Copyright © 2015 Vlad Zeit

      License notes: This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Part 1

      Part 2

      Part 3

      Part 4

      Afterwords

      To my family

      Introduction

      "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…"

      —(Declaration of Independence, 1776)

      "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights."

      —(Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, France, 1789)

      These doctrines sound today as the utmost truth because the whole system of democratic society is based on the idea of the equal civil rights of men: political and voting rights, equal rights before law, rights to free thought, speech and expression.

      At the same time democracies accept without hesitations the existence of the social inequality, inequality of wealth, power, influence. Though the degree of the social inequality is diverse in different democratic countries but everywhere it’s considered acceptable and fair. Strong voices can be heard in support of limiting of social inequality, in proposing of the assurance of a certain minimum income for everyone, or a sort of floor below which nobody need fall even when he is unable to provide for himself…

      —(F. Hayek. Law, Legislation and Liberty.)

      Milton Friedman considered justifiable the government action to alleviate poverty; to set, as it were, a floor under the standard of life of every person in the community.

      —(M. Friedman. Capitalism and Freedom.)

      Existence of the social inequality can be explained and justified on many moral and practical grounds. Very common and widely shared notion is that one of the leading causes of the

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