"There is no real equality of opportunity without equality of outcome"


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THE VENUE: By the river
The weather forecast for Sunday is hot so we shall meet outside by the river, without any limit on the number of attendees. But things can change, so do check for updates before leaving home. Directions are given below.
Etiquette
Our discussions are friendly and open. We are a discussion group, not a for-and-against debating society. But it helps if we try to stay on topic. And we should not talk over others, interrupt them, or try to dominate the conversation.
There is often a waiting list for places, so please cancel your attendance as soon as possible if you subsequently find you can't come.
WhatsApp groups
We have two WhatsApp groups. One is to notify events, including extra events such as meeting for a meal or a drink during the week which we don't normally put on the Meetup site. The other is for open discussion of whatever topics occur to people. If you would like to join either or both groups, please send a note of the phone number you would like to use to Richard Baron on: website.audible238@passmail.net. (This is an alias that can be discarded if it attracts spam, hence the odd words.)
THE TOPIC: 'There is no real equality of opportunity without equality of outcome.’ Isn’t there?
This is another question from the Cambridge Philosophy Tripos Part IA examination paper (Ethics and Political Philosophy), as sat by first-year undergrads in 2022.
The question seems to be a kind of 'intuition pump'. How could you possibly disagree with the statement ? That is, until you actually start to think about it ...
Link to full paper: https://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/files/pht0_paper_2_ethics_political_philosophy_ee_v2_1_2_1.pdf
All IA past papers: https://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/curr-students/ugrads-exam-folder/IA-past-exam-papers

"There is no real equality of opportunity without equality of outcome"