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Letter: Meritocracy, equality, fairness and society (3)

Published 18 April 2018

From Andrew Whiteley, Consett, County Durham, UK

Fairness, not equality, is the central issue facing us, Sheskin argues. If, however, humans “evolved” a love of inequality, did they also evolve a sense of justice or fairness? If not, where does our knowledge of justice come from?

The editor writes:
There is a large scientific literature on the evolutionary origins of morality. See also our article “Morality 2.0” (26 September 2015, p 36).

Issue no. 3174 published 21 April 2018

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