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These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if you try". And the consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fuelled populist protest, with the triumph of Brexit and election of Donald Trump.
Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the polarized politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality. Sandel highlights the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imposes on those left behind. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success - more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility, and more hospitable to a politics of the common good.
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##剖析瞭meritocracy的內在邏輯以及它如何導緻瞭美國和世界範圍內日漸興起的民粹主義。不僅對政治經濟這樣的“大問題”頗具啓發，也幫助我反思自己所受的成長和教育環境的影響—那些由“標簽”與“比較”帶來的糾結—以及自身不假思索的精英主義傾嚮。美中不足的是，作者對the tyranny of meritocracy所提齣的實質解決方案相對有限，而且主要集中在精英大學錄取製度的層麵，而沒有觸及如何將其所倡導的公民美德教育普及給更廣泛的社會階層。不過，相信這本書是一個好的開始，希望在未來，不同階級，身份的人都可以驕傲地說，“我們都有光明的前途。”
評分##精彩，抽絲剝繭的批判瞭meritocracy。也分析瞭瞭民主黨這十幾年以來為什麼跑偏瞭方嚮，失去傳統陣營，成瞭精英們的代言人的。是故土的陌生人以來最讓人信服的讓我理解trumpism 的一本。但是政治哲學的分析用聽書的方式吸收不好，很多地方思想一不集中就沒聽進去。還是得用看的。
評分##虎頭蛇尾，meritocracy的淵源流變講得不錯，最後的建議想當然瞭。稅製設計和價值認同是個實證問題，定量分析要跟上。
評分##精英們不因將成功歸結為純個人努力的結果，也無權為“失敗者”決定所謂的“機會平等”和補償，真正的良好社會則在於，培養公民意識，通過廣泛而平等的公共商議，協力尋找並追求無論成功與否都能獲得尊嚴和幸福的共同價值
評分##Strive for "a broad equality of condition that enables those who do not achieve great wealth or prestigious positions to live lives of decency and dignity — developing and exercising their abilities in work that wins social esteem, sharing in a widely diffused culture of learning, and deliberating with their fellow citizens about public affairs."
評分##Strive for "a broad equality of condition that enables those who do not achieve great wealth or prestigious positions to live lives of decency and dignity — developing and exercising their abilities in work that wins social esteem, sharing in a widely diffused culture of learning, and deliberating with their fellow citizens about public affairs."
評分給我帶來非常多思考的一本書，書寫上邏輯嚴謹，層層遞進非常舒服。重設瞭我很多概念的先驗認知並聯係起來，比如meritocracy之於當下的popularism，polarization和demoralization；比如technocracy加上globalization之於美國這四十年來日益加劇的inequality；比如liberal market，american dream之於meritocracy的必然，從而改變social welfare，（經濟學上將近半世紀的著名爭論！）而後又如何導嚮現在盛行的credentialism再進一步強化meritocracy與mobility的日益不可能。我想把它武斷地推薦給每一個人，它不是一部全對的書，但會讓人或社會變得更公正，更可能，我想。
評分##Strive for "a broad equality of condition that enables those who do not achieve great wealth or prestigious positions to live lives of decency and dignity — developing and exercising their abilities in work that wins social esteem, sharing in a widely diffused culture of learning, and deliberating with their fellow citizens about public affairs."
評分##大概是今年讀過最引人深思的一本書。作者結閤當下無論東西方社會都隻顧追求經濟增長的趨勢，分析越來越分化兩級的社會階級，民粹矛盾，以及民主崩壞背後的理由。作者毫不留情地批判瞭【纔能至上主義】的與【科技官僚主義】的強強聯手，揭示瞭政府為瞭迴避公共責任而鼓吹英纔教育的理由。分析瞭為什麼【纔能至上主義】不但日益加重所謂【輸傢】的自責與憤怒，也在讓【贏傢】和特權階級在變得更加傲慢的同時，同樣承受巨大的心理負擔。學曆更高的人就更懂得治國？靠成績考大學就能實現平等？現實並非如此。是時候戳破 【命運掌握在自己手裏，隻要努力就可以實現任何夢想】的謊言瞭，更重要的是，整個社會都應需要將【共善】重新帶迴公共視野，讓道德受到重視，工作重獲尊嚴。我們所作的任何決定，都以人為本，而不是受到經濟利的趨勢。強烈推薦！
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