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To: Lane3 who wrote (131492)	8/10/2005 11:32:52 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793706

Which type of egalitarianism were you referring to? I could ask that, and you wouldn't have to answer. Of course, we are not every one, equal....and honestly shouldn't try to be, IMO. We do all however, bring our own 'gifts' to the marketplace of ideas, or whatever common ground we share. Personally, I'm of the thought that "all men (and women<gg>) are created equal as noted below. Not everyone has the same intellect, but all thinking people bring something to the 'table'. People should be encouraged to share their expertise, whatever it is that that person deems important. Eric Hoffer is a great case in point. Not educated formally, a longshoreman, and IMO, a great intellect, even if, sometimes I didn't agree with him. Who knows, maybe things would change for the better eventually if we did listen and evaluate others ideas. en.wikipedia.org Common forms of egalitarianism are material or economic egalitarianism, moral egalitarianism, legal egalitarianism, democratic egalitarianism, political egalitarianism, gender egalitarianism and opportunity egalitarianism. According to material egalitarianism, everyone ought to be equal with respect to material possessions. According to legal egalitarianism, everyone ought to be considered equal under the law. According to moral egalitarianism, each person is of equal moral worth. According to democratic egalitarianism, everyone ought to have an equal voice in public affairs. According to political egalitarianism, everyone ought to be equal in political power. According to opportunity egalitarianism everyone ought to be equal in economic opportunity. The United States Declaration of Independence included a kind of moral and legal egalitarianism. Because "all men are created equal" the state is under an obligation to treat each person equally under the law. Originally this statement excluded women, slaves and other minority groups, but over time this kind of egalitarianism has won wide adherence and is a core component of modern civil-rights policies. Other kinds of egalitarianism are more controversial. Economic egalitarianism, popular with liberals throughout much of the 20th Century, has given way to a concern not that everyone be strictly equal in material possession, but rather that everyone be equal in having enough material goods to successfully fulfill his or her native human capacities. As long as everyone's basic needs are met, material inequality can flourish. Libertarianism can be understood as radical political egalitarianism, according to which everyone is equal (or nearly equal) in coercive political power, because no one has any (or those who have it have little and are strictly limited in their use of it). However, political egalitarians, such as the libertarians, often face strong criticism from economic egalitarians who worry about the extremes of economic inequality made possible by unfettered markets.