Egalitarianism: What Should Be Equal?

What is Egalitarianism? Egalitarianism is a school of thought in political philosophy that builds from the idea of human equality and advocates that people should get the same, or be treated the same, in some respect.
What does an Egalitarian Society look like? What should be equal in an Egalitarian society? Money? Happiness? Opportunities?
This video explores different types of Egalitarianism as discussed by Richard Arneson in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. We'll examine the pros and cons of each view.
Some of the topics covered are:
Equality of Opportunity: Careers open to talents
Equality of Condition: Resources, capabilities, welfare
Lockean Rights: Are natural rights inherently opposed to Egalitarianism?
Relational Equality: Democratic ideals and citizenship
Challenges to Egalitarianism: Including the leveling-down objection
Alternatives to Egalitarianism: Sufficiency, Priority and Desert
Join us as we explore these different concepts of equality and try to answer the question: What does true equality really mean?