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**Mambattedge** · 11-05-2007, 11:52 AM

Are all people born equal .... ?

Manifestly ... NO! Nor are they born with equal opportunity

Well, opportunities depend on several things. First of all, it is a fact that some people are born in more priviledges milieux than others, and will enjoy a better education, will have easier to create business relations through family and friends, etc. Then, depending on the country, ethnic minorities may encounter more or less discrimination.

I think that nobody will contest that inequalities depend a lot on the soicio-economic background into which one is born. It is more interesting to discuss whether people born within the same family or in similar conditions, can really be equal, not in terms of economic opportunities, but "legal rights" (on paper), "intelligence potential at birth" (regardless of education), and "physical potential at birth" (regarding of experience and training). I think that only legal rights are the same for the entire population. Intellectual and physical potential are decided by 1) the genes and 2) the "quality of pregnancy" (i.e. a well-nourished foetus in a healthy mother will produce a potentially healthier and more intelligent child).

11-05-2007, 11:52 AM	#6
Mambattedge Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 460 Senior Member	Are all people born equal .... ? Manifestly ... NO! Nor are they born with equal opportunity Well, opportunities depend on several things. First of all, it is a fact that some people are born in more priviledges milieux than others, and will enjoy a better education, will have easier to create business relations through family and friends, etc. Then, depending on the country, ethnic minorities may encounter more or less discrimination. I think that nobody will contest that inequalities depend a lot on the soicio-economic background into which one is born. It is more interesting to discuss whether people born within the same family or in similar conditions, can really be equal, not in terms of economic opportunities, but "legal rights" (on paper), "intelligence potential at birth" (regardless of education), and "physical potential at birth" (regarding of experience and training). I think that only legal rights are the same for the entire population. Intellectual and physical potential are decided by 1) the genes and 2) the "quality of pregnancy" (i.e. a well-nourished foetus in a healthy mother will produce a potentially healthier and more intelligent child).
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