The Trouble with Merit

Autor/in	Sardoc, Mitja
Titel	The Trouble with Merit
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Education, 20 (2022) 2, S.135-144 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1477-8785
DOI	10.1177/14778785221108844
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Equal Education; Social Bias; Social Systems; Ability; Talent; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Social Justice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social system; Soziales System; Fähigkeit; Fertigkeit; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Soziale Gerechtigkeit
Abstract	The last few years have witnessed a resurgence of interest among both scholars and public intellectuals over issues associated with distributive justice and its gravitational orbit of concepts, including the idea of merit and the adjacent vision of a meritocratic society. Nevertheless, despite its centrality for conceptions of equality of opportunity, a merit-based allocation of advantaged social positions has been confronted by a range of objections. Michael Sandel's book "The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?" provides a nuanced examination of 'the age of meritocracy' and meritocratic rationality as its key characteristic. It dovetails an elaborated analysis of the troubled legacy of meritocracy with an in-depth elucidation of the various flaws and shortcomings it came to be associated with. This article aims to examine some of the distinguishing features of merit-based allocation of advantaged social positions and the main shortcomings this distributive mechanism has been associated with. The introductory section identifies the most distinctive characteristics of the merit-based allocation of advantaged social positions. The central section reconstructs some of the arguments advanced by Michael Sandel in his book "The Tyranny of Merit" (2020). The concluding section presents the motivational impulse for the book symposium on "The Tyranny of Merit" and the main issues arising out of the discussion between the commentators and Prof. Sandel. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01