Its less about the chance to be born and more about the fault of being born. This is a moral preference issue and so we can have different views. Take a less

Its less about the chance to be born and more about the fault of being born. This is a moral preference issue and so we can have different views. Take a less contentious example, good looking people are often thought of as better than their uglier (but equally skilled) colleagues.[1] This is a human cognitive bias, and it takes constant effort to correct for it. So the question is, would you prefer a world where the halo effect didn't exist? And since it does exist, would you be averse to compensating ugly people for their misfortune. Do you think because they were born ugly they "deserve" to be treated worse/have less opportunities than their prettier counterparts. Do you think their parents are to blame instead? Should we disincentivise ugly people from having their own children? After all, pretty people have been selecting each other for generations in order to have prettier kids. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect