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The chapter's closing distinction between 'treating everyone in an identical manner' and 'treating everyone as equal' implies that:

AOnly identical treatment can ever satisfy the demands of political equality
BTreating people as equal makes any state intervention in the market unnecessary
CIdentical treatment is the only safeguard against the return of the caste system
DTreating people as equal may at times justify different treatment for different groups
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Treating people as equal may at times justify different treatment for different groups
§3.4 ends by separating identical treatment from treating-as-equal: the latter may require differential treatment, but with the primary aim of promoting equality, and with safeguards against creating new structures of dominance.
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