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Hierarchy is either strictly constrained or it is indefensible

7 mins | May 28, 2017
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Responding to the essay ‘In defense of hierarchy’ which you can also find on Curio, the philosopher Phillip Pettit, writing in Aeon magazine, challenges the idea of a benevolent hierarchy

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