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Relational Equality: Its Concept, Dimensions, Theories and Requirements A Study in Political and Moral Philosophy | ||
| Journal of Anbar University for Law and Political Sciences | ||
| Article 40, Volume 16, Issue: 1, March 2026, Pages 1206-1247 PDF (829.95 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.37651/aujlps.2025.165240.1599 | ||
| Author | ||
| Shihab Ahmed Abdullah* | ||
| Department of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science, University of Sulaimaniyah, | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The term "relational equality" is usually used as an umbrella term for concepts of equality that focus primarily on relationships between individuals. That is, it is concerned with how individuals communicate with each other, and it is also concerned with how they relate and treat each other. Although the theorists of this family of equality agree on the broad outlines of their conception of equality, there are significant differences between the positions defended by various advocates of relational equality. Many advocates of relational equality describe their preferred concept of equality not in positive terms but rather in a focus on what their view defines as inequality. They are phenomena such as hierarchies of certain types (oppression, domination, status, power, recognition, social exclusion, ...) that advocates of relational equality usually define as hostile to their concept of equality, working to create social and political conditions that help individuals stand and bond equally in a democratic society. Relational equality advocates such as Samuel Scheffler, Elizabeth Anderson, Christian Schimmel, etc.) see the description of relational equality demands not only as conceptual but also as an empirical realization of what specific social movements possess. However, it is not clear that this is the best way to visualize the relationship between individual demands, social movements, and philosophical theorizing about equality. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Equality; Relational Equality; Hierarchies; Power; Democratic Society | ||
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