The course is conducted in English。

This course explores key philosophical issues concerning equality, with a central focus on human or moral equality—sometimes referred to as basic equality. What does it mean to say that all human beings are equal? Do all individuals possess equal worth, dignity, or moral status? How can basic equality be justified? Can human dignity be forfeited? Do humans have a higher moral status than animals? How does the idea of moral equality relate to social and political equality? We will critically examine a range of arguments for the idea of human equality, along with its associated questions.

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Class participation: 20% Mid-term paper, due on Oct 28 (2,500 words) + oral exam: 40% Final paper, due on Dec 9 (2,500 words) + oral exam: 40%

8 hrs

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Giacomo Floris and Nickolas Kirby eds., How Can We Be Equals? (Oxford, 2024) William Letwin ed., Against Equality: Readings on Economic and Social Policy (Macmillan, 1983) Pierre Rosanvallon, The Society of Equals, translated by Arthur Goldhammer (Harvard, 2013) Paul Sagar, Basic Equality (Princeton, 2024) Uwe Steinhoff ed., Do All Persons have Equal Moral Worth? (Oxford, 2015) Jeremy Waldron, One Another’s Equals: The Basis of Human Equality (Harvard, 2017) 高瑞泉，《平等觀念史論略》上海人民出版社，2011。