Harry Frankfurt's Unconvincing Defense of Inequality

The late Harry Frankfurt was a sharp and frequently insightful philosopher, but his case against egalitarianism falls flat.

Harry Frankfurt died almost two years ago. In my tribute to him at the time, I praised his contributions on subjects ranging from free will and determinism to the distinction between lying and bullshitting.

In passing, I mentioned that, as far as I know, his only real foray into political philosophy was a short book that I very intensely dislike called O…