Is Inequality Ever Justified? Insights From Zhuangzi’s ‘Robber Zhi’
Philosophy & Social Criticism: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal
Published online on October 24, 2025
Abstract
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This article offers a philosophical critique of meritocratic ideology via theZhuangzi, focussing on the ‘Robber Zhi’ chapter as a philosophical intervention against the Confucian justification of hierarchy and inequality. To show this, I first ...
This article offers a philosophical critique of meritocratic ideology via theZhuangzi, focussing on the ‘Robber Zhi’ chapter as a philosophical intervention against the Confucian justification of hierarchy and inequality. To show this, I first ...