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2020-12-04

How meritocracy entrenches inequality

A conversation with political philosopher Michael Sandel Meritocracy is not an alternative to inequality. If you think about it, it’s a justification for inequality. That’s what it’s become, and the effect of this has been to generate hubris among the winners and anger, resentment, even humiliation among those left behind. Because it is not only […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Accounting for Values, Egalitarianism, Equality, Fairness, Justice, Merit, Meritocracy, Moral Accounting, Moral Frameworks, Moral Politics, Social justice, values, Valuing Values Leave a Comment

2020-10-30

The Tragedy of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’

The man who wrote one of environmentalism’s most-cited essays was a racist, eugenicist, nativist and Islamaphobe—plus his argument was wrong. Fifty years ago, University of California professor Garrett Hardin penned an influential essay in the journal Science. Hardin saw all humans as selfish herders: we worry that our neighbors’ cattle will graze the best grass. So, we send […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Accounting for Values, common pool resources, Commons, Commons-Based Peer Production, Crisis of Consciousness, environmental governance, environmental justice, Environmental sustainability, Institutions, Institutions of Conversation, Moral Frameworks, Public goods, Social justice, Tragedy of Unmanaged Commons, values, Valuing Values Leave a Comment

2020-10-15

Neither nasty nor brutish

The Ik – among the poorest people on Earth – have been cast as exemplars of human selfishness. The truth is much more startling Slabs of sunlight break through the mist, illuminating the bright pastel ripples of Oribo Valley, the valley I’m named after. I’ve been given this name by the Ik people I’m living […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Accounting for Values, Competition, Cooperation, Human condition, Moral Accounting, Moral Fabric, Moral Frameworks, Moral Politics, values, Valuing Values Leave a Comment

2020-10-05

When to break a rule

Differences do sometimes make a difference. There will be occasions when taking account of the particularities of an individual and her situation is appropriate, even obligatory for those charged with implementing the law – if not from a legal perspective then from a moral or practical one. This is where judgment comes in. In a […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Accounting for Values, adapting, breaking rules, compassion, Complexity, Context, Ethical Logics, exceptions to the rule, Judgment, Mercy, Moral Accounting, Moral Frameworks, Paradox, particulars, rules, values, Valuing Values Leave a Comment

2020-05-30

The Tragedy of Costs and Benefits

In the fight against COVID-19, weighing costs and benefits is indispensable for moral clarity. At the same time, we must not forget its limits. One way that measurement can distort the choice is by virtue of an excessive focus on what is easily measurable instead of what ought to be measured. Many graphs, for example, […]

Article posted by John Verdon / Articles, CACOR Values / Accounting for Values, Choice, Metrics, Moral Accounting, Moral Frameworks, Paradox, Valuing Values, Wisdom-as-Multiple-ways-of-Reasoning Leave a Comment

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