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Andamios
versão On-line ISSN 2594-1917versão impressa ISSN 1870-0063
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FRANCISCO, Andrés de. The inavoidable meritocracy. (Between indignation and compassion). Andamios [online]. 2022, vol.19, n.49, pp.287-307. Epub 05-Jun-2023. ISSN 2594-1917. https://doi.org/10.29092/uacm.v19i49.931.
Meritocracy as the ideal of a good society involves a dilemma: it is unavoidable and at the same time insufficient. Despite its inalienable normative core -anchored in the evolved human cognitive-emotional architecture- it has been a factor of ideological differentiation between left and right. The anti-capitalist left has ignored it (Marx) or fought it (Cohen), while the liberal egalitarian left (Rawls) has found a better reflective equilibrium, integrating the two meritocratic emotions of indignation and compassion. However, Sandel, detecting the problems of a toxic meritocracy linked to extreme inequality, proposes its “overcoming” through contributive justice and a politics of the common good, an alternative not without problems.
Palavras-chave : Meritocracy; inequality; contributive justice; politics; market.