What Relationship Exist Between The God Factor( Grace) And Meritocracy? A Discussion Of Chapter 2 Of Michael Sandel'S &Quote;The Tyrant Of Merit&Quote eBook

Seminar paper from the year 2021 in the subject Sociology - Religion, grade: 2.19, University of Erfurt (Willy Brandt School of Public Policy), course: Public Policy, language: English, abstract: This paper discussed the relationship between divine providence(grace) or the God factor, politics and meritocracy taking into consideration historical over view on merit, the biblical perspective on merit, and the politics of society. A society where power and goods are bestowed on people base on talent, effort and achievement rather than their wealth or social class is what we all want. This is the more reason why people tend to say meritocracy is the ultimate answer to injustice and a vindication of talent over prejudice, racism, and unequal opportunity. Interestingly,meritocratic conviction that people deserve whatever riches the market bestows on their talents makes solidarity an almost impossible project.Incidentally,in all our striving, we are not self-made and self-sufficient; finding ourselves in a society that prizes our talents is our good fortune not our due. In that, taking pride in our success explains why we deserve the rewards our achievements rightly bring us. Hence, it makes us view success in meritocracy as earned through our own effort and strife neglecting the matter of luck and grace.The disagreements about merit are not only about fairness, rather they are also about how society define success, failure and theattitudes the winners should hold toward those less successful.