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http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=AlexEaton455&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.13.3 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 05:14:04 GMT http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=AlexEaton455&diff=29608&oldid=prev <p>New page: FAIRNESS played a central role in Barack Obama's state-of-the-union address, and I suspect it will play a central role in the president's re-election campaign. But what does Mr Obama have ...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>FAIRNESS played a central role in Barack Obama's state-of-the-union address, and I suspect it will play a central role in the president's re-election campaign. But what does Mr Obama have in mind when he deploys the f-word? It may not be the case that fairness is, as Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, puts it, &quot;a concept invented so dumb people could participate in arguments&quot;. But it cannot be denied that fairness is an idea both mutable and contested. Indeed, last week's state-of-the-union address seems to contain several distinct conceptions of fairness worth drawing out and reflecting upon.<br /> <br /> Toward the beginning of his speech, as Mr Obama was trying to draw a parallel between post-second world war America and today's post-Iraq war America, he offered this rather stark choice:<br /> <br /> We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by, or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.<br /> <br /> Here we have three distinct conceptions of fairness in a single sentence.<br /> <br /> <br /> .</div> Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:34:13 GMT AlexEaton455 http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:AlexEaton455