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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostWho defines what is fair and what is unfair?
Whether it is 'fair' could be a valid debate, but whether it is fairER is not... paying people enough they aren't slogging their guts just to stay near the poverty line to provide us KitKats.
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If it is tied to real production and they have to sustain and grow real industries to get it, it probably makes more sense than foreign aid which is as destructive to incentive as welfare is over here. The devil is all in the detail of course which I can't be *rsed to research, although if consumers here have a choice over whether to buy fair trade produce or not it's up to them.
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostWhat a coward you are hiding behind a literal explanation in a dictionary. You can do better than that by applying it to the concept of "fair trade"
Personally, I believe that humans have evolved an innate idea of what is fair and unfair which they apply to most of their actions and when judging the actions of others. Various research in behavioural economics and evolutionary psychology backs this up, and it seems that people's idea of fair leads to a pretty good heuristic approximation to optimal strategy for a lot of simple economic "games".
It's clear from your posts that you yourself have a strong idea of what is fair or unfair and a fairly strong desire to see the world operate in ways you consider fair. Why don't you use that as a starting point?
As regards my personal definition of fair, it's rather strictly mathematical. A fair game is one in which all players have equal chances of winning. An unfair game is one which is biased in favour of one or more of the players. This is pretty much the same as sense 1 in the dictionary entry above.Last edited by doodab; 26 February 2012, 15:13.
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Originally posted by doodab View PostFair | Define Fair at Dictionary.com
I'm sure one of the posters on here does google lessons. Perhaps they'll give you a discount if you ask nicely.
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostWell go on then enlighten me
I'm sure one of the posters on here does google lessons. Perhaps they'll give you a discount if you ask nicely.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostYou do come out with some complete and utter garbage.
Your isolation seems to be getting to you
Dont interrupt I am looking forward to settling down and hearing once and for all how fairness is defined
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostYour floccinaucinihilipilification is to be expected. At it's very heart your industry allows the feckless to profit unfairly, whilst others work on and your coppers continue to fall from the sky. So why would you recognise fair even if it hit in you face with the full force of a hungry hippo?
Your isolation seems to be getting to you
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Originally posted by doodab View PostIs it such an alein concept that you need it defining for you?
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostYour floccinaucinihilipilification is to be expected. At it's very heart your industry allows the feckless to profit unfairly, whilst others work on and your coppers continue to fall from the sky. So why would you recognise fair even if it hit in you face with the full force of a hungry hippo?
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostI am deeply suspicious of any context within which the word "fair" is applied.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
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Scotland in Fairtrade nation bid
Come on England keep up there in the back.
Scotland is on course to become a Fairtrade nation later this year, according to External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop.
Across the country, 62 towns have either achieved Fairtrade status or have active steering groups.
Almost two-thirds of higher education institutions and 171 schools have achieved the standard.Tags: None
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