@ChrisMayLA6 Oh but that's the reason I asked the question. ;)
In so many political discussions an argument is that "it is not fair!" or "this is fair", but never do you hear the next part of the sentence... "according to me".
Seldom do journalists, politicians and hobby debaters dive into the question of what is fair, what does it consist of, does the type of fairness advocated, in fact hit the lowest classes, or only the highest? Short term or long term? Etc.
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In response to this post@ChrisMayLA6 Sometimes, this can be branched out into equality of outcome vs equality of opportunity, or envy, or negative long term effects etc.
It is an enormously interesting question, since fairness is used so often as an argument.
But when we say fair, what do we really mean?
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Yes, I completely agree; like so many claims, it really needs to be fully stipulated when claimed, but as you note seldom is.... so often, I find myself wondering what people's view of 'fairness' might be when I struggle to see how something they say is (un)fair is (un)fair
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