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Seeing Luck As Fundamental To Agency
- Free will is an illusion but recognizing this can be pedagogically beneficial.
- Aaron Rabinowitz argues we should move people from thinking life is mostly lucky to seeing that luck structures everything, then adjust institutions accordingly.
Teach Luck To Reduce Punitive Attitudes
- Reduce belief in free will by increasing recognition of luck while avoiding fatalism and nihilism.
- Use pedagogical methods (regress arguments, mindfulness, ethics teaching) to replace punitive instincts with compassion.
Attribution Theory Reinforces Meritocracy
- Attribution theory often misuses 'luck' to justify meritocratic messaging.
- Rabinowitz claims the literature promotes Protestant work-ethic framing that downplays structural luck in education policy.