Word: egalitarian
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...Crimson’s negligence should offend everyone on this campus. Feminists come from a wide range of backgrounds and beliefs; we are united in our striving for an egalitarian society in which men and women interact as equals. A 1998 poll showed that women’s rights were second only to AIDS as the issue about which young women were most concerned; forty-six percent of young women called women’s rights their “very biggest concern” (Harrison Hickman, Jan. 1998; Feminist Majority Foundation). Clearly, The women of Harvard University care about...
Most would agree with the intent of Law School students who wish to create an academic community free of racism, harassment, and prejudice. One would certainly expect those individuals who have chosen the law as their livelihood to be champions of an egalitarian society—both within the ivy walls and outside in the real world. But in their zeal to punish the behavior and actions of hateful people, they have begun to make speech, rather than actions, the enemy of their cause...
Neither I, nor those with whom I’ve discussed this issue, think Vaux is a racist. Throughout, he has defended his egalitarian values, especially with regards to race. What I was concerned about was an apparent lack of recognition on his part, to why making such a stark connection is in some ways unhelpful, dangerous even. To see no problem with the parallel is exactly the problem I wanted to bring to light. The color of one’s skin cannot continue to be grounds for assumptions about the languages they speak, understand or relate...
...argues persuasively for a political philosophy based on equality and individual rights. It describes the reconciliation of liberty and equality, concepts that were viewed as fundamentally at odds for much of the 20th century. Rawls was more egalitarian than any major political party in this country...
...holds that the United States is different from other nations, that its democratic values and its military and political strength give it a special responsibility to safeguard the freedom and security of people everywhere. And if America must act alone, so be it. Few things sound less egalitarian, and that is why unilateralism rubs...