Blind equality is the application of impartial
judgement concerning multiple persons (or objects), usually in the
application of human
law by
removing consideration of all irrelevant attributes, so that no
partiality is held for any party. For example, a
murder case might not consider the
wealth of the
defendant (except in
the case of transactions directly related to the
crime), in order to allow for a court
which judges both the
rich
and the
poor with
impartiality.
Or, a reader grading student essays might not be given access to
any means by which they might
identify the
authors to be
graded.
An inability to discern between several
persons or objects (in effect,
anonymity) produces a blind equality, in both
consideration and treatment. While discernment threatens to cause
partial judgement, blind equality aims to guarantee impartiality,
fairness, and equality for all judged parties. Blind equality
ensures
justice by
preventing
government from
legislating to produce inequality -- or
potentially even oppression -- among its
citizens.nd thus oppression of, its
citizens.