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#15 — Michael Sandel | The Tyranny of Merit

Within Reason

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The Moral Judgment: Who Do You Admire More?

Alex Castellanos: It seems weird to reward somebody who just kind of waltzes in and does the job to. Now, you might say it makes sense on a practical level. You might say that, practically speaking, we want to make sure they do the job because they're good at it. On the moral question, let's stick with the moral on the moral question. Surely they don't deserve the same amount of praise for their craft just by virtue of the fact that they didn't work as hard.

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