Curated category
Egalitarianism
- Social equalityA pro-marriage equality rally in San Francisco, USA, stands as a visual marker of the struggle for equal rights. This state of affairs requires that all…
- LiberalismThe word liberal traces its root to the Latin liber, meaning free. One of the first recorded instances of liberal appeared in 1375 when it described the…
- LGBTQ movementsIn 1749, Thomas Cannon published a work titled Ancient and Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd. This text stands as one of the earliest known…
- Human rightsThe Magna Carta, issued in 1215, stands as one of the earliest documents where a sovereign committed to respecting legal rights for his people.
- Redistribution of income and wealthIn ancient times, the pharaoh or dictator held both the power and right to decide who paid taxes and who received special treatment.