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First was “ecological diversity”, plausibly from environmentalism. <https://substack.com/redirect/e5d4b608-5b45-4c8b-b8da-d7796f6e5187?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o> Next was “ethnic diversity”, plausibly combining racial and environmental concerns: <https://substack.com/redirect/0a25eea2-7f68-4da3-ba15-eb238a391d59?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o> Soon after “multicultural” “cultural diversity”, via analogy to “biological diversity”: <https://substack.com/redirect/b2b05458-9285-4c23-880b-259ae26eb1f5?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o> <https://substack.com/redirect/ec3432e1-89fb-47d0-9b77-6dc17f0ba861?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o> More recently rose “gender diversity”: <https://substack.com/redirect/dd113c08-6870-4dc5-ba16-238820035df9?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o> Over this period, calls to attend to “ideological diversity” rose and fell several times: <https://substack.com/redirect/52802d06-153f-4fdc-a460-80aeaafb8190?j=eyJ1IjoiNngzbm4ifQ.I1PMvYo4mI3PquTDRhL5Dev-9_ouIq3kw6ZhrVNsy8o> I find no results at all re “diversity” tied to “morals” or “ethics”. 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