Word: equalitarianism
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...common relationships, asserting the dignity and nobility of every member of society. Service is an urge which ought to hope for its own irrelevance, for if a truly equal society ever comes about, service will become happily obsolescent. We must thus act in the service of an equalitarian society, rather than in the service of an aristocratic charity to a pitied underclass...
...broader factual and semantic problem in her article is that she doesn’t seem even to understand what the word feminism means. If she did the most elementary research, she would know that there are equalitarian feminists as well as so-called difference feminists, and that conflating the two is highly inaccurate. The fact of the matter is, many equalitarian feminists oppose “women-only” groups, arguing (as Rubins does) that they actually create negative gender-based distinctions. A difference feminist—who thinks men and women are different, but equally important...
...liberal unconstrained vision often seems to lead to positions that few liberals would accept as their own. Sowell cites John Stuart Mill's admiration for "the most cultivated intellects" to suggest that the unconstrained are elitist, and hypocrites as well. "It is consistent for the unconstrained vision to promote equalitarian ends by unequalitarian means," he writes, "given the great differences between those whom Mill called 'the wisest and best' and those who have not yet reached that intellectual and moral level...
...indictment and fails because its charges are too often obscure and exaggerated. Regardless of its pathetic demise, the SDS-led New Left deserves serious consideration of its major accomplishment, forcing this country to at least reconsider its ideals, if not actually abandon them for those of a more equalitarian society...
...variety of soloists and rotation of conductors suggested the equalitarian organization of the Kuumba Singers. Joining the choir doesn't require an audition, just a good deal of dedication. The group, which originated in 1970, consists mostly of Harvard students, but draws a few members from MIT, BU, Lesley and the non-student community. Unfortunately, it does not often appear on campus anymore, because of the high prices of Harvard performing space. The Kuumba singers will perform again on January 15 at the Martin Luther King service in Memorial Church...