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Conversely, there is a large group of people who judge merit only in terms of outcome, without taking into account that two people of equal merit may have unequ
by cauterized 11y ago
Conversely, there is a large group of people who judge merit only in terms of outcome, without taking into account that two people of equal merit may have unequal outcomes due to unequal opportunity (or the person with greater merit at even have a lesser outcome).
- johnvic 11y agoI agree but you will never be able to have a perfectly level field, I had friends whose parents were already in IT and thus learned to program years before I did which gave them a substantial advantage, but how do you solve that?.
- cauterized 11y agoI mean more that you can't judge someone's merit based solely or even primarily on where they end up in life.
- stray 11y agoI think you're confusing the merit of someone's work with where they end up in life. Mr Rogers was afaik, never wealthy at all - yet his works have great merit.