The principle by which all persons or things under consideration are treated in the same way.
n. in medical ethics, the principle that cases with an equal moral status should be treated equally. This means, most obviously, that patients with the same clinical needs should not be treated differently on morally irrelevant grounds, such as race (see discrimination), and are afforded identical rights, respect, and value. However, there is much debate over what characteristics are morally important when medical resources need to be rationed; for example, whether a patient’s age or *quality of life is morally important. See justice.
a nondepartmental public body set up in 2007 to promote human rights and equality in regard to age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, and human rights. It replaced the Commission for Racial Equality, the Disability Rights Commission, and the Equal Opportunities Commission.... equality and human rights commission
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