You can make it if you try! This formula is widely accepted, as is the belief that success and prosperity are deserved by those who enjoy them. Michael Sandel, one of the most successful philosophers of our time, says: This is not true but actually detrimental to the common good. Barbara Bleisch wants to learn more.

Chapters:
00:00 Should performance determine our position in society?
14:32 What are the problems of the meritocracy?
27:20 How important is social mobility for social justice and equality?
36:22 How did the moral exaltation of performance come about?
42:27 What can be done to strengthen the common good again?

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Who is successful in our society and why? Under the socially uncontroversial mantra "If you work hard, you can achieve anything," we have come to believe that everyone gets exactly what he or she deserves. The beneficiaries of this system, which ascribes success to merit and talent, assume that they deserve their success because they have worked hard for it. By reverse implication, this means that those who fail have but themselves to blame. As a result, those who lose out within this system increasingly turn against the social elites and perceive meritocracy as tyranny. Michael Sandel, professor at Harvard University and one of the most successful philosophers of our time, has written a book precisely on this thesis. In this conversation with Barbara Bleisch he says that we shouldn’t cling to a divisive ethic of success and arm everyone to compete, but put the dignity of work back at the heart of the social debate and develop a policy of the common good that benefits everyone.

In this version, the questions are in German, but with English answers.
German version:    • Michael Sandel: Erfolg durch Verdiens...  

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Sternstunde Philosophie from 02.10.2022

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«Sternstunde Philosophie» cultivates an indepth and critical exchange of ideas and gets to the bottom of the burning questions of our time.

«Sternstunde Philosophie» ridges the gap between current sociopolitical issues and the fundamental questions of philosophy: Who is responsible for what, what is human freedom, what determines the meaning of our lives? Guests are personalities from science, culture, politics and business voices that stimulate thought and reflect and classify our current events.

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