Do you think all people are equal?

Question

Do you think that all people from a ranch hand to a tycoon are equal in their attributes. That each human being is given certain aspects that make them all equal. (keep in mind that im not saying that all people use the god given attributes but still would you say all people have equal ones matter it be smart, athletic or something else?)

Answer 1

We may differ in what we can do in certain fields but somehow it get's all weighed out between the good and the bad... So yeah i'd say we are.

Answer 2

No, all people are not created equal. That great swimmer, I think his name is Jim Thorpe, is double jointed in his shoulders and elbows, and has abnormally large feet. This gives him a significant advantage in the water. He's also trained very hard. No how matter how hard someone with small feet may try, Thorpe will always be a faster swimmer, due to his having larger feet and double joints. Meanwhile, there are other people with large feet and double joints who did not train, and did not become great swimmers, even though they had the potential to.

All people are not created equal. However, all people should have equal opportunity to _prove_ themselves. In the end, what will usually separate those who succeed from those who do not is willingness to work hard and sacrafice to reach their goals (just setting goals to begin with is a big step that most don't take...)

The separation of the Elite in specific things will come from a combination of innate talent and grueling hard work. No top athlete or scientist didn't work hard to achieve what they did, but although many people worked hard, talent separated the best from the rest.

Answer 3

Equal, as in the same, obviously not.

Equivalent, meaning equally valued -- then by some defitinions yes. All life has an equivalent abstract value. But obviously not in the sense of meaning equally liked or equally respected.

Each person is unique. And each person has certain gifts, and flaws, and quirks, and talents. And I do believe that all people have equal potential for greatness, even though mose choose not to pursue that.

Answer 4

Clearly not. Not in society. Not in the courts. Not in the hospital. Not in the restaruant. Not in the grocery store. Not in the classroom. Not on the athletic field. Not in the workplace. Egalitarianism is an ideal of equal opportunity, but we can see from the fact that 40% of the USA's wealth is held by less than 1% if it's people there is no equality of opportunity and things are getting less equal by the minute.

Answer 5

No, not everyone is equal in that sense. Disabilities prove that not everyone is equal, but none the less, everyone should be treated equal.

Some people are dumb, some smart, some athletic, and some artistic, we are different, but should be treated as equals.

God didn't create you, your parents did. Those are the genes that will take you as far as you can go.

Answer 6

I do, but I think that some people have a better chance in life(ie wealth, education, class). I also believe that you can become not equal through your choices--you can lose privelages. If you are a sexual predator, you do NOT have the right or privelage to roam free. But everyone is equally loved and is valued to some extent.

Answer 7

Equal what? And to whom?
Values exist because humans value things. Each human values other people uniquely. This question is loaded and has false premises behind it that render it mute.
You can only ask one human at a time which people are more valuable than others to them.

Answer 8

In Gods eyes All persons are created equal.

Answer 9

People are most definitely not created equal. Quite a few people, if others were not there to care for them, would not even survive on their own. But those are just extreme examples. But there are inequalities in all people.

Answer 10

No, in no way, shape or form. Just as I am more worthy of life than some people, others are more worthy than me. Life is like a ladder, with some people at the bottom, and some at the top.