THE ISSUE OF FAIRNESS

One definition of fairness is the “ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty”. This implies that each decision should be focused on the specifics of the particular situation and not be distorted by outside influences. This lack of distortion would allow many of our most difficult moral, ethical, political, social and business issues to be solved relatively easily and without major trauma.

The purpose of this document is to explore ways in which we can use some common sense and logical thinking to gain the greatest advantage for the greatest number of people. If we are ever to provide widespread prosperity for the folks in this country, we need to allow them to not only help themselves but have the motivation to take seriously there role in governing themselves. Self government, the basis for all government, is the key to freeing people from the tyranny of politics. Furthermore, it returns respect to the common man by allowing him to make good decisions when provided a fair and just environment in which to make those decisions. Justice, the act of treating all equal before the law, is the second part of fairness. For without justice, there is no ability to make judgment free from discrimination. Governmental law, as God’s implementer of justice, is the human foundation upon which the believer and non-believer alike are to find societal support for fairness.

This book contains a series of reviews on specific issues, all illustrating the role of justice and fairness as the key principle to solving specific real thorny problems in this country. I believe that through illustration one can begin to see that most issues, rather than being “complex and above the common man”, are really quite easy to solve given a level playing field and access to all of the facts.