ABSTRACT
A source of great debate in societies throughout the world, both democratic
and undemocratic, is the notion of fairness. Most would agree that fairness
does not mean we are all guaranteed the right to have or do the same thing in
the same circumstance as everyone else. Rather, it often means that everyone
is offered the same opportunity to pursue, to do, to gain, to win, etc. But
fairness can often be just an illusion. We begin with an example.
