Are our individual successes and failures in life the result of our own efforts? And if so, would a society based on the principle of merit be a just one? Political philosopher Michael Sandel holds that this is not the case. Meritocracy creates an arrogant elite, while leaving a vast majority of people angry and humiliated. Come and listen to the renowned American philosopher Michael Sandel on the tyranny of merit, the ethics of humility and the future of democracy.

This is a program of Radboud Reflects and Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies.

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