Editing Fairness

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{{Wikiversity|Understanding Fairness}}
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'''Fairness''' or '''being fair''' can refer to:

* [[Justice]]: in particular, [[impartiality]], [[Objectivity (philosophy)|objectivity]], and decisions based on [[wikt:merit|merit]]
* The character in the award-nominated musical comedy ''[[A Theory of Justice: The Musical!|A Theory of Justice: The Musical]].'' 
* [[Equity (law)]], a legal principle allowing for the use of discretion and fairness when applying justice
* [[Social justice]], equality and solidarity in a society
* [[Distributive justice]], the perceived appropriateness of the distribution of goods, benefits, and other outcomes in a society, group, or organization (see also:  [[teleology]])
* [[Procedural justice]], the perceived appropriateness of rules or procedures used to allocate goods, benefits, and other outcomes (see also:  [[deontology]])
* [[Interactional justice]], the perceived appropriateness of interpersonal treatment
* [[Environmental justice]], the perceived appropriateness of the use or treatment of the environment or people via the environment, typically as a function of interpersonal or international relations
* [[Fairness measure]], metrics to quantify the fair distribution of resources
* Perceptions associated with the [[ventrolateral prefrontal cortex]] and [[superior temporal sulcus]] brain regions, in the case of [[procedural justice]], and the [[anterior cingulate cortex]], [[anterior insula]], and [[dorsolateral prefrontal cortex]], in the case of [[distributive justice]]{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
* Fairness, absence of bias in specific realms:
** In American broadcasting, presentation of controversies in accord with the [[Fairness Doctrine]].
** In computer science, [[Unbounded nondeterminism#Fairness|fairness]] is a property of [[unbounded nondeterminism]].
** In computer science, and specifically in machine learning, [[Fairness (machine learning)|fairness]] is a desirable property of algorithms to avoid [[Algorithmic bias|bias]].
** In network engineering, access to resources formally rated by a [[fairness measure]]
** In game theory, abstract principles for achieving [[fair division]] <!-- game-theoretic concept also known as cake cutting algorithms -->
** In economics, relation among economic factors where price matches [[fair value]] that is (not only bias-free but also) rational  
* Fairness of human pigmentation, [[Human skin color#Skin tone variability|relatively light coloring, especially of skin]]
* [[Physical attractiveness|Beauty]], the original meaning of the word
* Being fair, property of motion of a batted baseball that qualifies it as a [[fair ball]] 
* [[Sportsmanship]]

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