Equality and marginalized groups
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What does 'equality' mean in social philosophy?
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Not that everyone is identical, but that everyone counts the same and deserves to be a full member of society.
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Marginalized groups?
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Groups pushed to the margins of society — not treated as full members — often by race, gender, sexual orientation, language or ethnicity.
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Structural violence?
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Harm built into a society's rules and systems, doing real damage with no single person to blame (Galtung).
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Personal harm vs structural harm?
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Personal harm has a culprit you can point at; structural harm is built into the system, with no single villain.
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Galtung's bridge/river example?
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One group cut off from good schools and hospitals lives shorter, harder lives — the system harms them, though no one attacks them.
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Why is structural violence hard to fix?
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There's no obvious villain to stop; you have to change the system itself, and people benefit from it without 'discriminating'.
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The shift structural violence forces (Go further)?
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From 'who is to blame?' to 'whose job is it to fix?' — responsibility can be collective, not just personal.
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Can harm happen with no villain?
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Yes — structural violence is real harm built into human-made rules and set-ups, so it's still ours to fix.
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