(May 26, 2015 at 1:00 pm)Heywood Wrote:(May 26, 2015 at 12:53 pm)Chad32 Wrote: We believe people should be treated equally because that's the best way for a society to all get along with each other. That's also why killing and thievery are pretty universal, whether a culture worships Yahweh/Jesus or not. We're a social species that needs ways to get along with each other, and equality is one of the best ways of accomplishing that. No gods required.
So you don't believe people are really equal, just that society operates more smoothly if we pretend they are? It sounds like you are simply faking egalitarianism too me.
You'll have to define your terms. In what sense are people "equal"?
From casual observation, on many attributes, we can see that they are not equal - size, intelligence, people skills, earning potential, guitar shredding ability, criminal propensity and my personal failing: inability to draw a straight line or a convincing stick figure. Do we treat the pedophile and the non-pedophile the same? Do we pay the same amount to see Billy Bob, bar-band crooner as Justin Bieber? No! We do not! Bieber gets "treated" to multiple Ferraris. Billy Bob drives an aging Kia.
Nobody is going to be treating JHC by attending his Stick Figure Art Show 2015 Retrospective.
So, "equal" how? and define "treat" while you are at it.
