Abstract
Legally, women, Native Americans, and African-Americans were defined by the American Constitution as inferior. The pragmatists gradually showed that all selves are equal. These ideas helped the minorities to attain nearly full legal status. But economic status is going in the other direction, toward inequality. It threatens to overcome the hard-won legal equality and make it meaningless.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 127-133 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |
| Volume | 1234 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- Declaration of Independence
- Gettysburg Address
- Self
- United States Constitution
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- History and Philosophy of Science