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What does "fair" mean today?

Everyone having the opportunity to achieve what they can on their own?

Or to all be equal and have exactly the same?

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Since life is not fair - some people are smarter, better looking, physically more talented etc - outcomes cannot possible equalized without unfairly penalizing some.

  • 10 years ago

    Everyone who loses gets a trophy too!

    and we wonder where the sense of entitlement mentality comes from.

  • MG B
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    The financial system gets bailed out, executives' salaries stay high and the incomes of people who work for a living, paycheck to paycheck, continue to decline."

    Thats what UNFAIR means

  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Your first definition is the conservative one. Your second is the liberal one.

    Same answers every day, from the same perspectives.

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