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Justin Tiwald

Associate Professor of Philosophy, San Francisco State University

Justin Tiwald is associate professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University in California.

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Ancient Chinese painting of a man riding a dark horse with a pale horse in the background, calligraphic text is on the left side.

essayFairness and equality

In defence of hierarchy

As a society we have forgotten how to talk about the benefits of hierarchy, expertise and excellence. It’s time we remembered

Stephen C Angle, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Julian Baggini and others