La Tiranía del Merito / The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
La Tiranía del Merito / The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favor of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the American credo that you can make it if you try. The consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fueled populist protest and extreme polarization, and led to deep distrust of both government and our fellow citizens--leaving us morally unprepared to face the profound challenges of our time. World-renowned philosopher Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the crises that are upending our world, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalization and rising inequality. Sandel shows the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imposes on those left behind, and traces the dire consequences across a wide swath of American life. 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 solidarity, and more affirming of the dignity of work. The Tyranny of Merit points us toward a hopeful vision of a new politics of the common good.
Author: Michael J. Sandel
Publisher: Debate
Published: 01/05/2021
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.80w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9788418006340
Language: Spanish
About the Author
Michael J. Sandel (Minneapolis, 1953) ocupa la cátedra Anne T. y Robert M. Bass de ciencias políticas en la Universidad de Harvard y es uno de los autores de referencia en el ámbito de la filosofía política. El curso sobre justicia que imparte allí desde hace dos décadas es el más popular de la universidad. Premio Princesa de Asturias en Ciencias Sociales, es autor de numerosas obras, en castellano se han publicado El liberalismo y los límites de la justicia (2000), Contra la perfección (2007), Filosofía pública: ensayos sobre moral en política (2008), Justicia (2011), ¿Hacemos lo que debemos? (2011) y Lo que el dinero no puede comprar (2012). Vive en Brookline, Massachusetts.