When evaluating whether a particular allocation or outcome is fair we can make both substantive and procedural judgements.

Substantive judgements of fairness are based on the characteristics of the allocation itself, not how it was determined.

Consider the society you live in, or another society with which you are familiar.

1. To make this society fairer, would you want greater equality of income, happiness, or freedom? Why? Would there be a trade-off between these aspects?
2. Are there other things that should be more equal to achieve greater fairness in this society?

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To make any society fairer one would perhaps need greater equality across all three of these measures and more Equity and fairness are subjective to a ... View the full answer