What's Wrong with Social Hierarchy?: On Niko Kolodny's The Pecking Order
This review critically assesses Niko Kolodny's theory of social hierarchy and its importance as articulated in The Pecking Order (2023). After summarizing Kolodny’s argument, I raise two critical challenges. First, I ask whether Kolodny leaves us without adequate account of why social hierarchi...
| Subtitles: | "Moral Psychology and the Goals of Moral Education. Issue Editors: Peter Königs, Gregor Hochstetter" |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2024
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2024, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 129-137 |
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Book review
B Niko Kolodny B Democracy B Relational egalitarianism B Social Hierarchy |
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| Summary: | This review critically assesses Niko Kolodny's theory of social hierarchy and its importance as articulated in The Pecking Order (2023). After summarizing Kolodny’s argument, I raise two critical challenges. First, I ask whether Kolodny leaves us without adequate account of why social hierarchies are, in themselves, objectionable. Second, I query whether Kolodny's defense of representative democracy is decisive, and suggest that egalitarians should be open to alternative ways of mitigating the threat of hierarchy posed by political rule. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10677-023-10427-8 |