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They need to examine the contributions of a significant figure in campaigns for equality in their chosen area, identify key events that have advanced equality, and analyse perspectives on equality from at least one religion and one secular ethical viewpoint.  \nGlam / Shutterstock  \nEquality is a significant concept that forms a key part of debates around gender, race and disability. There are different understandings of what is meant by the concept of equality and what practical implications may be raised by how the concept is defined. Both religious and non-religious thinkers differ in their approach to the concept. The area of disability is often not explored as regularly as gender or race but is no less important. There are different understandings of disability including medical and social theories and these affect discussions of how to respond to disability. In religious thought, traditional views of disability have recently been challenged through new theological ideas such as those of Eiesland, and through the work of campaigners such as Joni Eareckson Tada.  \n\n| Topics | What students need to learn |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 Significant concepts in issues or debates in religion and ethics | 1.2 | Equality\u003Cbr>a) Ethical and religious concepts of equality, including the issues of gender or race or disability and the work of one significant figure in campaigns for equality in the chosen area, significant events in the progress of equality in these areas, perspectives on equality from at least one religion and one secular ethical perspective. With reference to the ideas of Martin Luther King and Joni Eareckson Tada. |\n\nEdexcel GCE A level Religious Studies Spotlight on...Equality Page 1 of 6  \nA Spotlight on…  \n1.2 Equality  \nOne view of equality is that equality should be understood as being treated identically. This would involve identity in terms of rights, regardless of race, gender or disability. This in turn requires equality in terms of the law, the law should not be applied differently to different people. There would also be equal participation in society – so someone would not be denied their right to vote based on their race, gender or disability. This idea of equality is found in the Bible in passages such as Genesis 1:27 which suggests that all human beings regardless of gender are made in the image of God. Similarly in the New Testament, in Galatians 3:28 Paul states there is neither Jew nor Greek, male or female, slave or free, but all are regarded equally in Christ.  \nOther thinkers do not think the above view of equality goes far enough. Society is not equal and if we merely treat everyone exactly the same then we will continue to build in disadvantage for some groups including those with disabilities. This leads to the idea that equality needs to be about equality of opportunity. This is famously defended by the Philosopher John Rawls (1921- 2002) in his book ‘A Theory of Justice’. In order to help us see what equality of opportunity might look like, Rawls offers a thought experiment where he invites us to imagine that before we are all born, we are behind a ‘veil of ignorance’ we don’t know what the circumstances of our life will involve: not knowing whether we will be black or white, male or female, able bodied or having a disability, in wealth or in extreme poverty. If this were the case, Rawls argues that we would want universal basic human rights (similar to the identity view of equality), but we would also want a system that works to address disadvantage. This would involve those who are wealthy and privileged paying more to enable those who are struggling to have a better chance e.g. scholarship programmes to help under-represented groups to get to good universities.  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