V.O. Complete. What’s Become of the Common Good? Michael Sandel, philosopher and professor

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Visit our website: https://aprendemosjuntos.bbva.com/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI6QcXatdaEAaRTRjl3dc0w Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aprendemosjuntosbbva/ Follow us on Facebook: http://fb.com/aprendemosjuntosBBVA Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aprendemosjuntosbbva?_t=8q4wz5Xt8bI&_r=1 Follow us on X: http://twitter.com/aprenderjuntos_ Listen to our podcasts on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07rXxtOlzNI0NuB8vpAgvE The Tyranny of Merit is the most recent book written by the renowned North American philosopher Michael Sandel. In this video, Sandel examines the terms addressed in his work. What is justice? What role does humanity play in civic life? What does success mean to him? The professor reflects on some of the ideas that have become entrenched in Western societies and calls for civic dialogue to tackle two of the issues that concern him: economic inequality and political polarization. “Meritocratic competence teaches us to think of our success and of our achievements as our own doing. And this points us away from the common good. It leads us to forget our indebtedness to those who make our achievements possible: family, teachers, community, country, the times in which we live”, he asserts. Michael Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University, and he received the Princess of Asturias Award in Social Sciences in 2018. He is one of the most well- known philosophers of our time. His course “Justice” is the most popular in Harvard’s history. He is the author of Public Philosophy and What Money Can’t Buy. His works have been translated into more than 25 different languages. In his work, he discusses topics such as justice, ethics, democracy and market influence. He relates political philosophy to the moral and civic questions of our time. #AprendemosJuntos2030