Word: egalitarianism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard, a clear example of the misapplication of this egalitarian principle is Women Appealing for Change, the group seeking the admittance of women by final clubs. The logic evidently runs thus: Final clubs are bad, therefore "more women...
...appears that the goal is a foregone conclusion: Women must be included in equal measure in all activities. On the surface, this egalitarian attitude is consistent with fundamental American ideals. But a process of reasoning once led people to believe in this concept...
...make the most of his No. 2 role. As a result, Gore is rising above the usual stature of the office. Even Bill Kristol, Dan Quayle's former chief of staff, thinks Gore has "done pretty well. Maybe Democratic Vice Presidents get more clout, maybe because they're more egalitarian," he notes with a touch of irony. "And Gore is Clinton's generation...
...easy to say, on egalitarian grounds, people should do their own dirty work instead of hiring someone else. Not only is this a hopeless goal in an era when few households have a spouse that stays at home full time. It also overlooks the basic morality of free-market exchange: people work because they need the money, and denying them that opportunity in the name of equality is doing them no favor...
Donald L. Fanger, Porter Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, links rising grades to the "egalitarian" attitudes of the time...