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    Challenges→Persons can be differentially evaluated and valued for their particular qualities, accomplishments, merit, or usefulness.

    A practice of meritocratic appraisal systematically disadvantages those whose capacities were shaped by unjust circumstances, making the valuations track social fortune rather than genuine desert.

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    Capacities(as what the soul possesses)
    Abilities or powers something has—the potential to do something (like how your brain has the capacity for both sensing and thinking).
    genuine desert(what merit systems claim to measure but often don't)
    What someone truly deserves or has actually earned based on their real talents and efforts, separate from luck and circumstance.
    meritocratic appraisal(the main concept being criticized in this statement)
    A system for judging or ranking people based on how skilled or talented they are, with the idea that the most deserving rise to the top.
    systematically disadvantages(describes the effect of merit-based systems)
    Regularly and consistently puts certain people at a disadvantage as a built-in feature of how something works, not by accident.

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    unjust circumstances(the social conditions that shape people's abilities)
    Unfair or unequal conditions—like growing up poor, facing discrimination, or lacking access to good schools—that aren't your fault.
    valuations track social fortune(the hidden problem with merit systems)
    When judgments about someone's worth end up reflecting their luck in life (rich family, good neighborhood) rather than their actual merit.

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