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Elizabeth Anderson

Philosopher of democracy and equality — University of Michigan

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor · United States · d. 5 December 1959

The leading figure of 'relational equality', which defines equality less as a distribution of resources than as the removal of relations of domination. She is a critic of private government in the workplace.

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Life: b. 5 December 1959 — living
Country: United States
Period: Contemporary
School: Pragmatism, Relational egalitarianism
Affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Areas: Political philosophy, Ethics, Social epistemology, Philosophy of economics
Major works: Value in Ethics and Economics (1993)
The Imperative of Integration (2010)
Private Government (2017)
Hijacked (2023)
Key concepts: Relational equality, Democratic equality, Private government, Integration

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Contemporary Philosophers

Elizabeth Anderson at Lund: 'Libertarianism, inequality and the slide to authoritarianism'

The Michigan philosopher used her Pufendorf Lectures, delivered on 11-13 May 2026, to argue that the language of market freedom erodes political freedom.

Elizabeth Anderson

World Desk·20 August 2026