Desert-based Meritocracy
People should receive shares responsive to their effort and contribution.
What it claims
Desert-based meritocracy treats effort, contribution, achievement, or responsibility as grounds for what a person should receive. These grounds are not merely created by institutional rules; institutions should respond to them. Miller offers a plural account in which need, equality, and desert apply differently across social relationships.
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David Miller · George Sher · Fred Feldman · Aristotle