Equality is not the empirical claim that all groups of humans are inte…

Steven Pinker
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Equality is not the empirical claim that all groups of humans are interchangeable; it is the moral principle that individuals should not be judged or constrained by the average properties of their group. ✨ Steven Pinker (2003). The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, p.449, Penguin
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Equality is not the empirical claim that all groups of humans are interchangeable; it is the moral principle that individuals should not be judged or constrained by the average properties of their group. ✨ Steven Pinker (2003). The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, p.449, Penguin

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