Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. PREFACE xiii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. Part One: The Ordinary Meaning of ‘Equality’
6. Introduction 9
7. ONE. DESCRIPTIVE EQUALITY 11
8. TWO. MATHEMATICAL EQUALITY 42
9. THREE. PRESCRIPTIVE EQUALITY 59
10. FOUR. EQUAL TREATMENT 93
11. FIVE. SUMMARY 119
12. Part Two: Some More Equal than Others
13. Introduction 129
14. SIX. ANTIDISCRIMINATION RIGHTS 131
15. SEVEN. PER-CAPITA DISTRIBUTIONS 146
16. EIGHT. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 163
17. Part Three: Precepts of Equality
18. Introduction 181
19. NINE. THE FORMAL PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY 185
20. TEN. THE PRESUMPTION OF EQUALITY 230
21. Part Four: The Rhetoric of Equality
22. Introduction 255
23. ELEVEN. THE PERSUASIVENESS OF EQUALITY 257
24. CONCLUSION 285
25. BIBLIOGRAPHY 289
26. INDEX 311
27. Backmatter 319