When Competence Stops Mattering

When institutions stop treating competence as the primary standard and replace it with compliance, alignment, or procedural performance, what happens to the possibility of genuine responsibility and free agency? That is the question. Most organizations still say they value competence. They talk about excellence, merit, results, and high standards. Job descriptions list skills. Reviews talk … Read more

Classical Liberalism vs Modern Liberalism: What Remains of Liberty when the language of liberty remains but free agency is no longer secured

When a system keeps the language of liberty but no longer treats free agency as the thing that must be secured, what remains of liberty? That is the question. Classical liberalism, in its serious 18th- and 19th-century form, kept three things distinct. Free agency is the capacity of a person to judge, choose, and act … Read more