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In particular, the two systems acquire information in different ways: the affective tends to rely on personal experience, whereas the analytical favors statistical descriptions, with the result that “ostensibly [the] same information can lead to different choices depending on how the information is acquired.”
A Perfect Moral Storm
Stephen M. Gardiner
‘Merit’ is the weapon of choice for an Indian elite that has dominated a system by allegedly divine authorisation, and denied knowledge—of certain kinds—to the subordinated castes for thousands of years.
Annihilation of Caste
B.R. Ambedkar
A normative expectation can range from “If I keep my head down the police should not bother me” to “Assuming society will always be arranged in this manner I should do x if I am going to bring some stability to my life.” Horizons of normative expectation allow agents to form a practical relationship with the objective constraints in their life.
Race, Time, and Utopia
William M. Paris
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