2.1.1. Egalitarianism istypified by group solidarity coupled
with high interpersonal equality among group members. Group membership plays a large role for egalitariansin understanding who they are and how to act
toward fellow group members and non-members.
Inequality between group membersis actively diminished, even at the cost of individual freedom. Egalitarians are concerned with individual-focused moral
issues, such as fairness and personal harm, as well as
group-focused moral issues, such as loyalty and sacrifice. Egalitarians view the world as fragile (Nature
Ephemeral) and actively supportintervention to conserve naturalresources and mitigate man-made sources 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).