In Their Replies, Dustin Crummett and Chad McIntosh Clash Over

question 9

Essay

In their replies, Dustin Crummett and Chad McIntosh clash over their understandings of the relationship between freedom and equality. Crummett affirms that "Social equality is necessary for freedom worth having," while McIntosh says that "You can't have both a government powerful enough to enforce social equality and a free democracy devoid of the possibility of social inequalities." In your essay, defend a view about the relative worth of Crummett's "freedom worth having" and McIntosh's free democracies.

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