ABSTRACT
An I-position is part of the self that takes shape and develops in relations people have with other people. Those other people are not only the individuals with whom they have immediate contact, such as their family members and their fellow students. I-positions or we-positions are also considered on a much wider scale—on the scale of humanity and the ecological environment. This chapter focuses on the different levels of inclusion: I as an individual, I as a member of a group, I as a human being, and I as part of the Earth. People can characterize themselves as members of a group on the basis of minimal differences. As members of a certain group they are inclined to favor their own group and evaluate their group more positively than the other groups—the groups to which they do not belong.
