Meh. Saying people prefer fairness over equality doesn't actually tell us much, mostly because neither of those two terms have consistent definitions that allow

Meh. Saying people prefer fairness over equality doesn't actually tell us much, mostly because neither of those two terms have consistent definitions that allow us to analyze whether a situation is fair or is equal. On the one hand there's the internal division of equality of outcomes vs. equality of opportunities. (See this [in my opinion somewhat confused] article by Dylan Matthews[0]). On the other hand "it's not fair" usually seems to mean "I have been slighted". As someone who has worked in Game Theory, I've seen a variety of notions of what constitutes fairness (in the form of social welfare). There isn't one obvious-even-if-technically-infeasible choice. There's a variety of plausible, mediocre alternatives. I think that what this actually demonstrates is that most people have muddled thinking on most topics. </curmudgeon> [0]: https://www.vox.com/2015/9/21/9334215/equality-of-opportunity https://www.vox.com/2015/9/21/9334215/equality-of-opportunit...