Meritocracy

[Athena]

What are the benefits of meritocracy? What are the problems with meritocracy?

 

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Meritocracy

 

 

In a more general sense, meritocracy can refer to any form of government based on achievement. Like "utilitarian" and "pragmatic", the word "meritocratic" has also developed a broader definition, and can be used to refer to any government run by "a ruling or influential class of educated or able people."^[3] This is in contrast to the term originally coined by Michael Young in 1958, who critically defined it as a system where "merit is equated with intelligence-plus-effort, its possessors are identified at an early age and selected for appropriate intensive education, and there is an obsession with quantification, test-scoring, and qualifications."^[4] Meritocracy in its wider sense can be any general act of judgment upon the basis of people's various demonstrated merits; such acts are frequently described in sociology and psychology. Thus, the merits may extend beyond intelligence and education to any mental or physical talent or to work ethic. In rhetoric, the demonstration of one's merit regarding mastery of a particular subject is an essential task most directly related to the Aristotelian term Ethos. The equivalent Aristotelian conception of meritocracy is based upon aristocratic or oligarchical structures rather than in the context of the modern state.^[5][6]

Edited October 14, 2012 by Athena

[EquisDeXD]

What are the benefits of meritocracy? What are the problems with meritocracy?

 

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Meritocracy

 

 

 

 

The problem with meritocracy is that it always has the bias of whoever creates it, there are always different ways to be smart or strong or survive. Mathematically, the more people who can contribute to defining its parameters can increase its accuracy, but it will never actually reach 100% accuracy.

Edited October 17, 2012 by EquisDeXD