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Politics : New FADG.
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To: neolib who wrote (1606)6/11/2007 12:41:29 AM
From: Nadine CarrollRead Replies (1) of 4152
 
I'm trying to compare the aspects of merit vs. birthright, i.e. selection methods. So for this it is a winner take all. Don't conflate methods with outcomes. First just address the issue of whether merit (i.e. potential mobility) vs. birthright makes any difference assuming the actual outcome is only effected by who is selected, with the merit has no bearing on the quality of outcome afterwards.

This is confusing, because it was your argument that was only concerned with outcome - the 2nd son being excluded. My argument said that the method, and the corresponding perceptions it drove in the society, did matter, even more than the outcome.

Does it make any difference if the one selected is selected simply by being the 1'st born vs being the best at a worthless metric?

Depends how the metric is perceived. If it is perceived as not predermined and open to many, it is not the same as a metric that is seen as rigged, unfair, and open only to the prechosen few.
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