2.1.1. Egalitarianism
Egalitarianism istypified by group solidarity coupled
with high interpersonal equality among group mem-
bers. Group membership plays a large role for egal-
itariansin understanding who they are and how to act
toward fellow group members and non-members.
Inequality between group membersis actively dimin-
ished, even at the cost of individual freedom. Egali-
tarians are concerned with individual-focused moral
issues, such as fairness and personal harm, as well as
group-focused moral issues, such as loyalty and sac-
rifice. Egalitarians view the world as fragile (Nature
Ephemeral) and actively supportintervention to con-
serve naturalresources and mitigate man-made sour-
ces of risk. They reject efficient market hypotheses,
citing the impossibility of putting an economic price
on things like the Chesapeake Bay or child welfare
(Douglas & Wildavsky, 1983).