Humans give too much importance to 'fairness'. It seems to be a bias in our biology.[1] Nearly, this entire thread can be summed up as: "It isn't fair that ..

Humans give too much importance to 'fairness'. It seems to be a bias in our biology.[1] Nearly, this entire thread can be summed up as: "It isn't fair that ..." Does anybody else find these discussions centred fairness and social rules to be tedious? We should strive to get beyond fair, and beyond the conventional level of moral reasoning. A diversity programme is not fair in the moment, but is designed to right historical wrongs. By definition it is probably sub optimal in serving this purpose. But hey, most human decisions are made based on subconscious impressions anyway, regardless of which corporate programme might be in place. For those who don't like diversity programmes, let this fact comfort you. For those that do like them, see them as a statement of intent to be inclusive of others[2] but take them with a grain of salt. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wason_selection_task https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wason_selection_task Where a difficult puzzle becomes easier to solve when framed in the context of policing a social rule. 2. In addition to being obsessed with petty social rules and who broke them, humans are also inherently tribal, and almost unconsciously split into in-groups and out-groups. I find it impossible to believe that this kind of outgurouping might not be happening during hiring decisions.