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From: 665instr@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Ian)
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Subject: Re: One Man = Two Women <===> Equality  ??? How come!
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.205143.28035@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 27 Jun 91 20:51:43 GMT
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In article <1991Jun27.134332.26319@wpi.WPI.EDU>, ekrem@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at (Ekrem Saban) writes:
> I can't understand how something which is different is also equal.
> Equalness and difference is smt. mutually exclusive.

I think he was referring to "equal worth" as opposed to "identical."
For example, a carpenter and a stonemason are equally valuable to society, etc.
but they are not identical because one works with wood and the other works with
stone: they have different functions.

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