In our brief survey of history of equality and inequality, we have located various dimensions of equality such as civil, economic, gender, legal, political, racial, social, etc. One may also add natural equality as one more dimension as it appeared in the declarations after the American and the French Revolutions. By dimension of equality, we mean the aspects or spheres in which equality could be possible or is demanded for. No one demands or agitates for equality of physical appearance or equality of religious dispensation that all religions must worship the same God or in the same manner, etc. This means there are reasonable expectations for equality in certain aspects and reasonable acceptance of inequality in certain others. We will discuss briefly various dimensions of equality, their justification, evolution and relevance for political ideal of equality.
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