Origins of Unfairness | Cailin O'Connor

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In almost every human society some people get more and others get less. Why is inequity the rule in these societies? In The Origins of Unfairness, philosopher Cailin O'Connor firstly considers how groups are divided into social categories, like gender, race, and religion, to address this question. She uses the formal frameworks of game theory and evolutionary game theory to explore the cultural evolution of the conventions which piggyback on these seeminglyirrelevant social categories. These frameworks elucidate a variety of topics from the innateness of gender differences, to collaboration…