ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the concept of equality can be explicated in terms of generalization, and that to do so shows that as normative concepts both equality and generalization are of derivative significance. These conclusions lead to suggestions concerning the importance of utilitarian considerations in morals. The concept of generalization has been the object of substantial attention in these respects, and we now have several analyses of what has been called the Generalization or Universalizability Principle. It facilitates the analysis to use a real controversy concerning equality as a source of examples and illustrations. The chapter facilitates the analysis to use a real controversy concerning equality as a source of examples and illustrations. It seeks to demonstrate that equality or equal treatment is a derivative criterion inadequate for determining rightness or wrongness.
