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Ethical Standard Of Ontological Equality

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There are many standards to assess a society’s level of equality. First, the ontological equality means that all the people are equal in the eyes of God. Second, the equality of opportunity means that all people should have the same opportunities for advancement, and it is judged into the same standards. Third, the equality of condition means to be equal under the conditions that can help the people to achieve their goals. Forth, equality of outcome is the idea about that everyone in a society should end up with the same “rewards” regardless of his or her starting point, opportunities, or contributions.
In my opinion, the most ethical standard is the standard of ontological equality. In the past, it was common that the people are dividing to …show more content…

However, the practical experiences learned that the human principles and the slogans are not enough. There should be a thing that determines the contents, and opens the way to the application, also to impose a penalty when an offense occur. The equality between human beings according to the standard of the ontological equality, and it means that the human beings are equal in the right of humanitarian entity rights, which all the people are equal in it. So the differentiation cannot be located at the origin of growing up or in their creation. If it happens, this might make an individual or a group better than others based on some specifications. Adam (peace be upon him) is the first human beings who found on the earth, and he is equal in the human element with the last human beings that going to be on the earth. So there is no differentiation in what the human beings cannot owned, such as the creation and configuration. Except, in what he or she can owns, under the capacity of the human beings. The prophet Mohammed said, "O mankind, your Lord is One and your father is one. You all descended from Adam, and Adam was created from earth. He is most honored among you in the sight of God who is most upright. No Arab is superior to a non-Arab, no colored person to a white person, or a white person to a colored person except by Taqwa (piety)." [Ahmad and …show more content…

And there is a huge diversity in nationalities, colors, languages, wealth, poverty, strengths and weaknesses, science and nescience, also in social and economic position among the people. So the societies impose a standards of differentiation between people, based on this diversity and differences. It should set a standard of differentiation because the absolute of equality only exists in the humanitarian entity. And the problem starts if this standard prejudices the principle of equality itself. So it should use to make the differentiation means growth and promoted, not an excuse for injustice and division among the people. Some of the senior philosophers denied the principle of equality itself, such as Plato, who decided that some people are created for governance and control, and some of them were created to work for

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