Word: egalitarian
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...Supreme Court last week, trotted out those stereotypes and more in a last-ditch attempt to save the 157-year-old, state-supported Virginia Military Institute as an all-male preserve. According to VMI's argument, women respond more naturally to an "ethic of care" than to an egalitarian "ethic of justice," and those few women who are confident need to go to a women's school to be "reminded" that female "leadership" carries "the hazard of being oppressive." In lower court, VMI had solicited the expert testimony of retired Harvard sociology professor David Riesman, who warned that a young...
...past few years have witnessed the phenomenal growth of perhaps the most open, egalitarian and powerful public forum history has ever known the Internet. Now, in an unsurprising reaction to its popularization, questions are arising as to what degree of free expression is to be allowed on the net. Two recent occurences have brought this issue to the forefront on a national level, and to a lesser extent on a collegiate one as well...
...case of dining halls, the same argument applies. Should students of one religion have to eat outside their own house just to escape the symbols of another religion? Such a situation would run contrary to the University's egalitarian principles...
...there is an egalitarian spirit to Shinnecock that few other famed courses can claim. Women have always been encouraged to play. The first American-born club pro was John Shippen, an African American who learned his golf at Shinnecock Hills while growing up on the nearby reservation. Even though the Shinnecocks sold the tract to the English in the 18th century, the land still belongs to them in spirit...
...Epps, who has been involved in the processof overhauling the choir management, said thatMarvin will retain top authority, even with themore egalitarian structure. "He will be primusinter pares, first among equals, due toseniority and experience," Epps said...