Why Does The Modern World Care So Much About Equality (and what does Scripture say about it)?
Alastair RobertsWhy Does The Modern World Care So Much About Equality (and what does Scripture say about it)?
March 8, 2019
Alastair Roberts
Today's question: "Why is equality such an important ideal (given good) in modern society? What are some underlying causes and how does the gospel shed light on this desire?"
You can read the Joyce Benenson article I discuss on female intrasexual competition here: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2013.0079. I've also commented on the strangeness of the modern mind here: https://alastairadversaria.com/2017/12/07/the-strangeness-of-the-modern-mind/.
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