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Political philosophers have long focused attention on the requirements of a just domestic economic system, and one criterion consistently argued for is equal opportunity in terms of education and employment. Roughly speaking, the motivating intuition of the principle of equal opportunity is that no one should be denied an important social opportunity on the basis of a morally arbitrary feature about them. Although controversial or even absurd when applied to some social opportunities, almost all agree that there are some centrally important human activities that no one should be denied access to within their society, such as equal opportunity to education or employment based on ability. Liberal societies typically codify this in law, and social norms have come to reflect this principle of fairness and equality.
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Political philosophers have long focused attention on the requirements of a just domestic economic system, and one criterion consistently argued for is equal opportunity in terms of education and employment. Roughly speaking, the motivating intuition of the principle of equal opportunity is that no one should be denied an important social opportunity on the basis of a morally arbitrary feature about them. Although controversial or even absurd when applied to some social opportunities, almost all agree that there are some centrally important human activities that no one should be denied access to within their society, such as equal opportunity to education or employment based on ability. Liberal societies typically codify this in law, and social norms have come to reflect this principle of fairness and equality.
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