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 small-
scale 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