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Awesome thoughts on justice and loving your neighbor.

I am so excited to read this book again😍

“Overcoming the tyranny of merit does not mean that merit should play no role in the application of jobs and social roles. It means rethinking the way we conceive success, questioning the meritocratic conceit that those on top have made it on their own”.

I’m losing my mind

Today, the common good is understood mainly in economic terms. It is less about cultivating solidarity or deepening the bonds of citizenship than about satisfying consumer preferences as measured by the gross domestic product. This makes for an impoverished public discourse.

Any hope of renewing our moral and civic life depends on understanding how, over the past four decades, our social bonds and respect for one another came unraveled.

Reading this for modern gtx class lets gooo