table: equality
agreement: | disagreement: |
all socialists believe that equality enables humans to work tgt cooperatively and harmoniously, encouraging social cohesion n fraternity | socialists disagree over the meaning of the word equality, with varying types of equality being promoted by different socialists |
socialists tend to measure equality by outcome, seeking a more equal society | revolutionary socialists believe in absolute equality which can only be achieved in a classless, stateless society, whereas evolutionary socialists believe in equality within a capitalist economy |
socialists recognise that equality underpins community n cooperation and that equal outcomes strengthen community | also disagreement between social democrats who believe in reducing inequality in society and the Third Way who has redefined its commitment to equality as tackling poverty |