Egalitarianism

Egalitarianism (French: égalité from Latin: aequalitas " equality " ) refers to ethical, political, economic or social policy positions that tries to resolve by producing equalities the contradictions of a society. A sense of egalitarianism want the equality of personal possessions, another calls for equal opportunities for every individual in the society.

Communists mean by egalitarianism, the abolition of private ownership of means of production and the distribution of goods according to the principle to take into account the abilities and needs of the people.

Anarchism, in turn, is based in its entire spectrum on the egalitarian view that all forms of domination, because it is an arbitrary order on the basis of inequality, first has to be removed - without, however, require an order of equality as an inevitable consequence, as do it about Communists.

Also, for example in terms of gender relations, human rights, education is the term used " egalitarianism ".

The concept of a eg political, economic, scientific and cultural elite is in contrast to egalitarian society structures.

The egalitarianism in its formations and described as an ideological basis, therefore, plays a fundamentally left position in the respective company, where such representatives are to be found.

In the current feminist debate, the concept of egalitarianism refers to hierarchical structures in gender relations that exert their effect at the expense of minorities in society. Thus, the gender researcher Birgit Rommelspacher understands egalitarianism as a political strategy that legitimizes cultural dominance and economic subordination in the name of equality.

Important representatives of egalitarianism are, inter alia, John Rawls, Thomas Nagel, Ronald Dworkin, Bruce Ackerman Philippe van Parijs or.