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Originally Posted by Cain
I understand that there is a whole spectrum of outcomes/benefits to consider, but hasn't the desire for equality proven to be a pretty decent thing to strive for? Especially in the domain of preparing children for the future?
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No, not even a little bit. The desire to improve and improve everybody has proven to be a pretty decent thing to strive for. Fairness has proven worth striving for, but there is no reason to strive for equality for the sake of equality.
Fairness dictates that people shouldn't be starving in a rich country Fairness is why we have education standards that everyone has to meet. However, if it was equality that we strove for instead, a great number of innovations could not have come about, whether in education, medicine or otherwise. Is it fair that the inventors of medicine have the first access to it? Yes. Is it equal. Not at all.
Certainly, there are times that fairness dictates equality. It's only fair that you get paid the same for the same work regardless of gender, age, and skin color. It's not fair that you get paid the same regardless of how much you contribute to the production of the goods, but that would be equal.