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>we say that it is, in fact, self-evident that all men are created equal. How is this self evident?
by rational_indian 13y ago
>we say that it is, in fact, self-evident that all men are created equal.
How is this self evident?
- pseut 13y agoThat phrase is from the Declaration of Independence, one of the US's founding documents: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transc...
- icambron 13y agoThe nature of self-evidence is that you don't have to say how. (Though I'm not sure I agree with the parent point that Americans as a group really believe equality in the relevant sense here.)