Figure 3.
Key arguments emerged from the four inequality cases in the group dialogues. When considering the four inequality cases, the participants thought personal choice was the central concept. Despite this same starting point this key concept led to five different arguments regarding fairness and unfairness in the four cases: personal responsibility (i.e., the person made the choice and is responsible for the consequence, hence, these inequalities are fair); social responsibility (i.e., society has an obligation to individuals but failed to fulfill it, hence, these inequalities are unfair); fulfillment (i.e., people had their own aspirations and pursued them, hence, these inequalities are fair); agency (i.e., people should have the choice to live their lives how they want to live them, hence, these inequalities are fair); and irrelevance (i.e., the person made the choice and only that person can make the judgement of fairness).

Key arguments emerged from the four inequality cases in the group dialogues. When considering the four inequality cases, the participants thought personal choice was the central concept. Despite this same starting point this key concept led to five different arguments regarding fairness and unfairness in the four cases: personal responsibility (i.e., the person made the choice and is responsible for the consequence, hence, these inequalities are fair); social responsibility (i.e., society has an obligation to individuals but failed to fulfill it, hence, these inequalities are unfair); fulfillment (i.e., people had their own aspirations and pursued them, hence, these inequalities are fair); agency (i.e., people should have the choice to live their lives how they want to live them, hence, these inequalities are fair); and irrelevance (i.e., the person made the choice and only that person can make the judgement of fairness).

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