RIGHT TO EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

Amongst the various basic rights, the Right to Equality of Opportunity is the mainspring, as it encompasses in itself various other rights, such as, justice, liberty, rights, property etc. majority of the people in the world believe that the right to equality should be provided unconditionally to all individuals, as all men are created equal„ i.e., all human beings have similar attributes. Almost all religious traditions maintain that all humans must be considered to be equal, as they are all God„s children. Various thinkers and intellectuals have also surmised that all human beings are equal and hence deserve to enjoy the basic human rights, especially right to equality. The majority of theorists of the world share the same belief regarding human beings. According to them all human beings share the same characteristic and needs, hence entitling them to enjoy the right to equality.