In 16 week 2301 this week we covered areas of agreement and disagreement on values questions and mentioned that while most people would agree that equality is important, they tend to disagree over what exactly "equality" means.
This David Brooks commentary provides and example. He lists a couple of dozen types of inequalities and outlines which are socially acceptable and which are not.
Example:
Academic inequality is socially acceptable. It is perfectly fine to
demonstrate that you are in the academic top 1 percent by wearing a
Princeton, Harvard or Stanford sweatshirt.
Ancestor inequality is not socially acceptable. It is not permissible to
go around bragging that your family came over on the Mayflower and that
you are descended from generations of Throgmorton-Winthrops who
bequeathed a legacy of good breeding and fine manners.
