Equality vs Equity Debate

The cluster discusses the distinction between equality and equity, debating equal opportunity versus equal outcomes, and what constitutes fairness in societal or policy contexts.

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IMHO a.k i.e equality equal fairness equity outcome fair unfair sky hierarchies thoughts

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macintux Sep 30, 2019 View on HN

The lack of an equal shot is no excuse to make things even more unequal, wouldn’t you agree?

btbuildem Dec 28, 2016 View on HN

Perhaps we're going for equity, not equality..

XMPPwocky Sep 4, 2020 View on HN

I can't figure out what you mean here - could you explain more about what fairness has to do with this?

geofft Jan 22, 2013 View on HN

The goal is fairness, not equality.

zeroonetwothree Jul 22, 2015 View on HN

It's inherently equal, but hardly fair.

mlrtime Feb 27, 2024 View on HN

Equal opportunity, not equal outcome, right?

dyauspitr Dec 14, 2024 View on HN

Doesn’t seem fair to have unequal starting points.

bmmayer1 Jun 7, 2017 View on HN

I think the point is that fairness leads to inequality.

gw99 Oct 29, 2022 View on HN

This whole thing is about some people being more equal than others.

jszymborski Jul 20, 2022 View on HN

It's the difference between equality and equity.