notion of fairness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnotionandfairness
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notion
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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fairness
noun[U]
uk/ˈfeə.nəs/us/ˈfer.nəs/
the quality of treating people equally or in a way that is right ...
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The solution crystallizes into a convention, and conventions of this kind constitute thenotionoffairnessheld by a society.
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Related to such custom was thenotionoffairness(insaf).
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We begin by making thenotionoffairnessmore formal.
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Again, luck is a way of talking about a substantivenotionoffairness, of what is appropriate to expect from others, of what constitutes reasonable behavior. 38.
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This amendment is a modest proposition which seeks to introduce anotionoffairness.
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It really is a strangenotionoffairnessand justice when the guilty have the power of veto over the innocent.
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The amendment agreed in the other place is to establish clearly thenotionoffairness.
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Is the term meant to carry anotionoffairness?
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Take for example, thenotionoffairness.
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If we leave perspectives and emotions out of the equation, we ignore that which may inform our very notions of fairness and justice.
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This preoccupation does not exclusively rest upon notions of fairness to 'doing one's bit' by contributing according to productive ability.
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We then explore the implications of this relationship between notions of fairness and social norms for how policy analysis should ideally be conducted.
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Our first theme is that pursuit of notions of fairness results in a pernicious reduction in individuals' well-being.
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Another difficulty is that many notions of fairness entail a peculiarly selective perspective and thus ignore seemingly pertinent aspects of a problem.
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However, since they exclude from deliberation notions of fairness, guilt, disappointment, and regret, they are unacceptable as requirements of rationality.
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Most important is the lack of affirmative rationale for notions of fairness.
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The debates are full of references to abstract notions of fairness and justice, but the question we have to ask is ' fairness and justice to whom '?
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Again, "retributive notions of fairness implicitly accord a far greater weight to the suffering of criminals than to the harm they cause to others" (p. 335).
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Whether imbalances, in actual or symbolic terms, are defined as inequitable and unfair depends thus on social constructions, based on prevailing notions of fairness and deservingness.
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