ABSTRACT
This chapter concerns the idea that a principle of equality must constitute the basis of any good, just, or fully human society. A principle of equality as the basis of such a society could, however, be largely formal because it does not of itself tell us how any of the particular members of a society should be treated. A principle which tells us that all members of a society ought to be treated equally could only arrive at this conclusion if in the premises of the argument there is some statement about the actual equality of these men. Before examining the validity of the reformulation of the classical position, the author considers the notion of equality of opportunity as a substantive principle, as it can easily be seen that this notion ends in absurdity. For equality as a basic and substantive principle of society destroys all traditional roles and alienates everyone equally.
