Title: Equality, tolerance, and loyalty : virtues serving the common purpose of democracy /
Authors: Cecil, Andrew R.
Publisher: University of Texas at Dallas ; Distributed by the University of Texas Press,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Equality.; Toleration.; Loyalty.
Abstract: Supplement to The Andrew R. Cecil Lectures on Moral Values in a Free Society.
Contents: Foreword / Robert H. Rutford. Equality. The idea of equality: Greece ; Rome ; The old and new testaments ; The feudal society of the middle ages ; The Protestant reformation ; The levellers and the diggers -- "The state of nature": Spinoza ; Hobbes ; Locke ; Rousseau -- Equality as a vehicle of vindictiveness: The French revolution ; The Bolshevik revolution -- The dangers in the passion for equality -- Equality in freedom -- Equality of opportunity - economic equality -- "The great American experiment" -- Slavery and the "three compromises" -- Setbacks to the commitment -- Discrimination against women -- Civil rights legislation -- Tensions between freedom and equality -- Equality versus egalitarianism -- Political equality -- Civil, legal, and social equality -- Equality among nations -- Strides in the direction of equality.