Two Grounds for Judging Fairness: Substantive vs. Procedural
The fairness of an allocation can be evaluated based on two fundamental criteria. The first is substantive fairness, which judges the outcome itself, such as the degree of inequality in the final distribution. The second is procedural fairness, which assesses the 'rules of the game' or the process that led to the allocation. An outcome may be deemed unfair either because the distribution is inequitable (substantive unfairness) or because the process was unjust, for example, involving coercion (procedural unfairness).
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