Social equality is a state of affairs in which all individuals within a specific society have equal rights, liberties, and status, possibly including civil rights, freedom of expression, autonomy, and equal access to certain public goods and social services.
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Social equality requires the absence of legally enforced social class or caste boundaries and the absence of discrimination motivated by an inalienable part of an individual's identity.
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Social equality is variously defined and measured by different schools of thought.
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Societies that promote social equality generally do not make distinctions of rank or social class, and interpersonal relationships under a system of social equality are generally based on the ideal of mutual respect and equal value rather than hierarchy or honour.
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Social equality is distinct from alleviating suffering of the unfortunate in society.
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Social equality often pertains to how individuals relate to one another within a society, though it can be considered in interactions between societies.
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Social equality developed as a practicable element of society in Europe during the Reformation in which traditional religious hierarchies were challenged.
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Contemporary notion of social equality was developed in the 20th century by political philosophers such as John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin, and Amartya Sen.
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Social equality is a major element of equality for any group in society.
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Gender equality includes social equality between men, women, and intersex people.
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Social equality can be applied to belief and ideology, including equal social status for people of all political or religious beliefs.
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Social equality includes both the treatment of disabilities and accommodation of people with disabilities to facilitate equal participation in society.
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Education and social equality are correlated, and increased access to education promotes social equality among individuals.
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However this notion of Social equality is often used to justify inequalities such as material inSocial equality.
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Dalton Conley claims that ontological Social equality is used to justify material inSocial equality by putting a spotlight on the fact, legitimated by theology, that "the distribution of power and resources here on earth does not matter because all of us are equally children of God and will have to face our maker upon dying".
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Conley mentions that this standard of Social equality is at the heart of a bourgeois society, such as a modern capitalist society, or "a society of commerce in which the maximization of profit is the primary business incentive".
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Fourth standard of Social equality is Social equality of outcome, which is "a position that argues each player must end up with the same amount regardless of the fairness".
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The notion of "ontological Social equality" describes Social equality by saying everything is equal by nature.
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