In the interests of the ideal of maximum output, [our society] judges men by their fitness for jobs, not jobs by their fitness for men. (John Passmore)

In the interests of the ideal of maximum output, [our society] judges men by their fitness for jobs, not jobs by their fitness for men.

John Passmore

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