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...Copyright princeton university press no part of this book may be distributed posted or reproduced in any form by digital mechanical means without prior written permission the publisher one merit and justice amartya sen justitia justitium i have been asked to write on meritocratic environments idea meritocracy many virtues but clarity is not them lack relate fact as shall presently argue that concept deeply contingent our views a good society indeed notion fundamentally derivative thus cannot qualied there some elementary tension between inclination see xed absolute terms ultimately instrumental character its dependence relevant basic contrast made more intense tendency practice characterize inexible forms reecting values priorities past often sharp conict with conceptions would needed for ing context contemporary objectives concerns major difculties arise from ternal within itself when received invitation meritocracies was reminded an amusing letter had couple years earlier w v o quine...