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In Deutschland werden etwa fünf Prozent aller Kinder in Privatschulen erzogen, in den USA zwölf Prozent. Eine echte Wahlfreiheit besteht auch in den USA noch nicht. Ein Recht auf Privatschulsubventionen wie in der Bundesrepublik besteht nicht. Bestimmender Gedanke einer Subventionierung sollte der Gedanke einer "fiskalischen Neutralität" wie im amerikanischen Schulwesen sein, d. h. nicht die Justiz, sondern Legislative und Verwaltung befinden über Höhe und Umfang der Subventionen. (GMH)

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978

What do we mean when we refer to people as being equal by nature? In the first book devoted to human equality as a fact rather than as a social goal or a legal claim, John Coons and Patrick Brennan argue that even if people possess unequal talents or are born into unequal circumstances, all may still be equal if it is true that human nature provides them the same access to moral self-perfection. Plausibly, in the authors' view, such access stems from the power of individuals to achieve goodness simply by doing the best they can to discover and perform correct actions. If people enjoy the same