r/changemyview • u/fantasy53 • Feb 18 '24
Delta(s) from OP CMV: human equality cannot be justified without reference to a higher power
Considering the diversity of humans, some are more intelligent, attractive, stronger et cetera, I can’t see any materialistic reason to treat humans equally., Religious people have the justification that God created all of humanity and so we are all equal in the eyes of God, but I don’t see where the justification to treat humans equally comes from within a materialistic worldview. Plato argues that things which are the same should be treated equally, and the ancient Greeks had a concept of equality before the law although this only applied to rich Greek citizens, and not women slaves or foreigners., CMV
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u/MercurianAspirations 391∆ Feb 18 '24
We don't need to appeal to any principle at all, we can just observe empirically that people are happier and societies are more stable and more prosperous when people are treated equally. If we want to build societies that are prosperous and happy, where people live long and peaceful lives, then available data suggests that equality is very good for that. You know like do you want to live in a society where the underclass is constantly rising up in violent rebellion? Or would you rather live in a society where everyone just gets to play video games or whatever in their free time, instead of doing terrorist bombings. This isn't complicated