Fairness

Fairness

https://www.google.ch/search?q=fairness

Question # 1 What happens to us when we feel we are treated fairly or unfairly?

Among consequences that follow from being treated fairly are commitment and trust.

http://www.ethicalsystems.org/content/fairness

When we experience fairness, we become

more open to new ideas and more willing to connect with other people.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-brain-work/200911/fair-play

A trigger of fairness is selfishness that people show toward us. We feel anger when people try to cheat us or take advantage of us.

https://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/empathy/Reviewfiles/fairplay_NS.html http://righteousmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ch07.RighteousMind.final_.pdf

Question # 2 Is fairness = need?

The first element of a fair social contract consists of a mutual obligation to ensure that all of our basic needs are provided for - including especially those among us who are the victims of various circumstances beyond their control.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-fair-society/201110/what-s-the-big-idea-it-s-fairness

Should schools invest more money in children with the greatest needs?

Adapted from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/am-i-right/201205/its-not-fair-what-is-fairness

Should people, who have more to give, give a greater percentage of what they have to help other people, who are unable to contribute much?

Adapted from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/am-i-right/201205/its-not-fair-what-is-fairness

Question # 3 Is fairness = sameness?

We judge fairness in a relative way, usually in comparison with our peers. A common whine that children use to persuade their parents to buy something is “Everybody else has got one!�

http://changingminds.org/explanations/needs/fairness.htm

What we see from studies of children and studies of smallscale societies is an early-emerging desire for fairness, and a particularly strong motivation not to get less than anyone else.

http://evonomics.com/people-dont-actually-want-equality-want-fairness/

In a study, children were giving these 2 options: 1. Get 1 token for yourself and give 1 token to another child.

2. Get 2 tokens for yourself and give 3 tokens to another child.

Often, the children chose option # 1 - insuring that they wouldn’t get less than someone else. https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/how-we-learn-fairness http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027713002102

Should everyone pay the same price for a bus ticket?

Adapted from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/am-i-right/201205/its-not-fair-what-is-fairness

Should schools invest the same amount of money in every child?

Adapted from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/am-i-right/201205/its-not-fair-what-is-fairness

Question # 4 Is fairness = deservedness?

Recognition for merit is a deeply ingrained human desire. Also, rewards for merit are the incentives that fuel our ambitions, our exertions and, ultimately, the contributions we make to our society.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-fair-society/201110/what-s-the-big-idea-it-s-fairness

Should schools invest more money in the brightest and most talented children?

Adapted from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/am-i-right/201205/its-not-fair-what-is-fairness

Should the hardest working, smartest and most talented earn more?

Adapted from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/am-i-right/201205/its-not-fair-what-is-fairness