The Tyranny of Merit

Can We Find the Common Good?

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Michael J. Sandel: The Tyranny of Merit (Paperback, 2021, Picador)

Paperback, 288 pages

Published Sept. 14, 2021 by Picador.

ISBN:
978-1-250-80006-0
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4 stars (1 review)

An attack on the notion that meritorious placement in society can achieve just and equitable outcomes, and an examination of some alternatives to merit that may be more desirable and successful.

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The first part of the book is quite repetitive in setting out its philosophical foundations. I would have appreciated more pragmatic discussion like in the second half.