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Comment in 150 words: Equality of opportunity.

  • UPSC 2020
  • 10 marks
  • Equality and Liberty

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Equality of opportunity holds that the competition for scarce positions must be fair, so that unequal results reflect what people do rather than the circumstances of their birth. Its classic statement is Article 6 of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789): citizens are equally admissible to all public posts according to their…

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