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equality of opportunity  

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  • There is widespread agreement that equality of opportunity is a good thing, even a constituent of a just society, but very little consensus on what it requires. Defenders of equality of opportunity suppose that it requires people to be able to compete on equal terms, on a “level playing field,” but they disagree over what it means to do so. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Equality of Opportunity]

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