Nate Fischer

2 months ago | becomingnoble.substack.com | Johann Kurtz |Nate Fischer |Auron MacIntyre |Tom Owens

In Meritocracy is not a good thing, I began a critical examination of the premises inherent in our modern system of ‘meritocracy’. Meritocracy is a concept which initially appears unassailable; should not the person who merits the reward receive it? And yet, as my friend recently pointed out in conversation with , this naive definition is tautological and therefore devoid of substantive content. By definition, merit implies that someone merits something.