It is not always the imperatives of profit that drive the alienation of judgment from professionals, sometimes it is a matter of public policy. Standardized tests remove a teacher's discretion in the curriculum; strict sentencing guidelines prevent a judge from judging. It seems to be our liberal political instincts that push us into this direction of centralizing authority; we distrust authority in the hands of individuals. With its reverence for neutral process, liberalism is, by design, a politics of irresponsibility.