But I have a problem with folks, and there are many, who quote that line when their understanding of equality is incompatible with readily observed discrepancies in initial conditions and capabilities among people.
Well, I was thinking more of the folks who just quote it without thinking about what they’re actually saying at all, but sure, insofar as there exist universal blank-slatists, them too. (I mean, I think there’s room for legitimate uncertainty about what differences are determined at “creation” and what differences are imposed later, but it seems clear that some very important things really are different at “creation.”)
Blank slateists?
Well, I was thinking more of the folks who just quote it without thinking about what they’re actually saying at all, but sure, insofar as there exist universal blank-slatists, them too. (I mean, I think there’s room for legitimate uncertainty about what differences are determined at “creation” and what differences are imposed later, but it seems clear that some very important things really are different at “creation.”)