@inbook{10.7864/j.ctt155j43w.5, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctt155j43w.5}, abstract = {Much of the modern debate about equal opportunity has been taken up with the following question: which elements of a person’s successes and failures are the result of her inner abilities or inner character, and which are the result, instead, of experience—in particular, the advantages and disadvantages the person soaked up from her family, school, and society?In general, conservatives insist that inner abilities and character are most of the story. Liberals insist that it’s mostly social advantages and disadvantages. But both sides agree that this is the right question.And both sides are wrong.There is no such}, author = {JOSEPH FISHKIN}, booktitle = {Does Character Matter?: Essays on Opportunity and the American Dream}, pages = {6--9}, publisher = {Brookings Institution Press}, title = {Character Is Experience}, year = {2015} }