伝道の書 9:11 JA1955
Michael Sandel: 'The populist backlash has been a revolt against the tyranny of merit' https://t.co/q9ofSx8QrH リベラルと左派が市場メリトクラシーを無批判に受け入れたことがトランプ政権を生んだと批判。共通善への貢献という点から報酬と同様に名誉の再分配をしなくてはならないと。
— mozu (@mozumozumozu) September 7, 2020
うんっ。サンデルの洞察は深い。
We will make a truly level playing field, it was said by the centre-left, so that everyone has an equal chance. And if we do, and so far as we do, then those who rise by dint of effort, talent, hard work will deserve their place, will have earned it.”.....The recommended way to “rise” has been to get a higher education.....Sandel has two fundamental objections to this approach. First, and most obvious, the fabled “level playing field” remains a chimera. Although he says more and more of his own Harvard students are now convinced that their success is a result of their own effort, two-thirds of them come from the top fifth of the income scale....“Americans born to poor parents tend to stay poor as adults.”......Even a perfect meritocracy, he says, would be a bad thing. “The book tries to show that there is a dark side, a demoralising side to that,” he says. “The implication is that those who do not rise will have no one to blame but themselves.” .....“The populist backlash of recent years has been a revolt against the tyranny of merit, as it has been experienced by those who feel humiliated by meritocracy and by this entire political project.”........For all the thousands and thousands of lies Trump tells, the one authentic thing about him is his deep sense of insecurity and resentment against elites, which he thinks have looked down upon him throughout his life. That does provide a very important clue to his political appeal......We now realise how deeply dependent we are, not just on doctors and nurses, but delivery workers, grocery store clerks, warehouse workers, lorry drivers, home healthcare providers and childcare workers, many of them in the gig economy. We call them key workers and yet these are oftentimes not the best paid or the most honoured workers.”There must be a radical re-evaluation of how contributions to the common good are judged and rewarded. The money to be earned in the City or on Wall Street, for example, is out of all proportion with the contribution of speculative finance to the real economy....But for Sandel, the word “honour” is as important as the question of pay. There needs to be a redistribution of esteem as well as money, and more of it needs to go to the millions doing work that does not require a college degree.
公平な条件のもと実力主義で競争させろや、おぼっちゃまのコネで勝負すんな、というのが、大方の現代人にとっての正義。しかし、こうした実力主義にも問題ある、と。
１）公平な条件なんて整備されていない。貧乏人のせがれはその大半は、結局貧乏に終わる。東大生の大半はいいとこのボンボンにお嬢たち。
２）仮に公平な条件が整備されたとしても、実力主義の観念がはびこる社会では、実力のない人々、実力を発揮できなかった人々は肩身の狭い、わびしい思いをせざる得ない。
→伝道の書９－１１
実力主義を持ち上げる社会から落ちこぼれた人たちがエリートを敵対視するトランプを支持したのは理由がないわけではなかろう、と。
コロナ危機で食料品店のおねえさんや配達のおにいさん、倉庫のおばちゃんや、運転手のおっちゃがいなければこの社会が回っていかないほどこの社会に重要な貢献をしていることがわかったが、その割にはこうした人たちには、尊敬も給与も少ないのはおかしいやないけ？ 株でもうけた奴らはそれほど社会に貢献しておらんのに、しこたま金儲けてデカい面しているのはおかしいやないけ？と。
ーーーしかし、社会への貢献度によって、人間を測るのも、貢献できない人たちにとってはつらいものがある。
地位や実力や成果、社会への貢献にかかわらず内在する個人の尊厳ー個人の自律性というか、命というか、魂に対する礼が大切だな。
「一寸の虫にも五分の魂」
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