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tama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:35 AM
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30. Egalitarianism = universalism?
It seems you have some universal definition of egalitarianism, based on individualism.

My notion of "egalitarianism" is quite different. I don't think that some communities, societies or cultures (self proclaimed holders of universal truth) should dictate others how to live their lives, but real beauty and richness is variety, each community having their kind of way of living and social organization. What is "universalistic" in my view of egalitarianism is that ideally relationships between communities should be based on golden rule: living and letting live, not doing to other communities what a community would not want get done to it, e.g. destroying the natural environment so that it becomes unlivable.
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