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The Tyranny Of Merit — Michael Sandel

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The Tyranny of Merit

Michael Sandell: Equality of opportunity is an important moral principle. But it's not a sufficient condition of a just society, he says. He argues for "broad democratic equality of condition" in politics and the economy. Sandell: Democracy does not require perfect equality but requires that people from different social backgrounds bump up against one another.

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