Is life fair? It's a simple, almost childish question, but I think the way we answer it says something very profound about how we see the world. Some people say that life is obviously unfair because we are all born into a different lot in life, some more fortunate than others, and we are subjected to many forces outside of our control. But there's another train of thought that looks at the big picture, beyond your own life, and thinks that fortune and misfortune, survival and death all balance out, which enables life and nature to sustain itself. There are different ways to think about it. What do you think? From where you sit, is life fair?
2006-12-06 15:23:26 · 17 answers · asked by Subconsciousless 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
life is not fair
wish it should be but it is not
could it be never
why, to many problems
but you canm be :)
2006-12-06 15:25:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I would say life has been ok for me. I was raised in a family of 5 children. My parents were not rich but we were given the essential things to grow up in a proper way. Principles, guides etc... I am married with 2 kids and even if I could do with more (money, time, attention) I realise that I am happy and that a lot of people have much less than I do. Anyway, who said life was fair? even for those who seem to be more fortunate must have things going wrong in their lives. What would be the interest if everything went smoothly?
2006-12-06 23:47:56 · answer #2 · answered by pegs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is very unfair!!! But then that is based on our own perception of what would be fair. What is fair on this earth might be meaningless in the spiritual life. We just might be on a brief journey compared to what is before us.
Some people seem to have things handed to them on a silver platter and outwardly succeed but on the inside of their heart and soul they are failures.
Those of us who have had some hard knocks in life see the unfairness, but it is how we overcome those things and how we land on our feet that count. some of us have trials that are equal to climbing mt Everest. Yet our glory is unseen. some might get a gold medal and the world sees it. Others might be in equal standing just by getting their dishes done. No one applauds them, they don't get a gold award. To top it off the dishes just get dirty again. Over and over again some challenges are more than we can bare at times.
We all hope for those magical times when we are rewarded well for what we do. We are conpensated for our good choices. We earn the right to sit on the beach in Hawaii and not worry about who pays the bills. We have our picture on the front page of MOney magazine.....and so on....but in the end that success means little when the real meaning of success is understood.
What that is - is still beyond me.
I will continue to see the unfairness of life. But hold on to hope that in the end there will be some sort of reward for enduring.
2006-12-07 00:08:30 · answer #3 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe everybody from a little kid, to a teen, or a grown adult knows that life is not fair. Take for example when a kid can't get a piece of candy or cookie before dinner, or when a teen can't spend an extra 30 minutes outside of her curfew, or even when an adult can't get that raise that he's worked overtime for.
I believe that life isn't fair for everyone no matter how much money you may have or what kind of family we come from. What I mean by this is, rich people like celebrities still go through the same problems that regular people face and they have the same punishments that we have. I believe that God placed us here to do only a few things: to feed and take care of the animals & to take care of the nature that he has presented us with. I also believe that God created our lives to be just like his so we can understand what he went through so when it comes to judgement day, he'll see who would have handled it like he would have and who has the kind of soul like he does. Our life is controlled by a many higher force than us which is really out of our control because I believe that God is in control of your reality and mine as well. I believe that God knows which path we'll go down and why we'll make this choice. Some humans believe that their in control of their reality when it's not so. I believe in what God put in front of us, order and balance and the following: fortune and misfortune, survival and death all balance out, which enables life and nature to sustain itself.
From where I sit, life isn't fair for anyone because we've had our share of pain, tragedy, grief, betrayal, illness, and/or any other life lessons that have plagued humankind because this is the way God wanted it, why else would he had went through this and made us go through the same thing.
2006-12-07 02:27:10 · answer #4 · answered by Dimples 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can please all people some of the time and some people all the time, but you can't please all people all the time. Or whatever that was before Coppola (damn him!).
Honestly, I do think things tend to balance out. This leaves uncomfortable questions, though, like what about people less fortunate than I? Do I have a right to think things balance out when I am inherently more privileged (not that I'm privileged by any means!) than many? What about Hitler? It seems wrong to say that genocide is in the "grand scheme of things." Taking an even broader view, though, to the universe as a whole, deprives a question like "is life fair" of any meaning at all.
2006-12-06 23:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by laura palmer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fairness implies a pre-ordained plan for people's lives, which is totally irrational. Without proof, its just fanciful thinking. Bad things happen to good people just as much as the opposite. Do the techtonic plates worry about fairness, fate, destiny or karma when they crash into each causing human calamity? Don't make me laugh.
To think that there an order to life based on fairness is using CAVE MAN logic to explain the unknown. Coincidence, probability, randomness are the objective realities of life...sorry.
2006-12-07 00:20:54 · answer #6 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, of course it is not fair. We can't all be equal. That would be a boring and, I think impossible, world. We need superiority, mediocrity, stupidity, intelligence, good, evil, etc. It's all pefectly balanced out. We are dealt a hand (like in poker) and we do what we can with it. If your'e smart, you accept that life is not fair and you move on. So what if you weren't born 6'2 tall or blonde or with a high IQ. That's what makes life worth living: to strive to reach a forever-elusive perfection.
We should all accept our flaws and gifts and get over it and move on.
2006-12-06 23:39:26 · answer #7 · answered by tk_tembo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is never fair and shouldn't be. Without adversity we would never learn to overcome it. That learning process builds character and adds to our overall knowledge. If life was fair all the time we'd have no reason to strive to do better. The bottom line is life is as you make it. Take the good with the bad...learn from the bad so you may (but not always) be able to prevent it the next time. Rejoice in the good because that's what keeps you going and able to accept the bad.
2006-12-06 23:30:28 · answer #8 · answered by smilindave1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fair is a matter of personal perception born of our own wants and needs. Be them out of our immediate needs or the perceived needs of others, situations which require a judgment of "fair" are choices made by individuals who each come to the table with their own definition of fair. All we can hope for is to make the most out of life while we are blessed with the gift until it is gone. If life is spent trying to make sure everything is fair, then life is spent enforcing, no, dictating ones personal view of fairness on others. We should all try to be nice to each other and make society work better by treating each other well. But "fair" is far to subjective to be used as a measuring stick for the quality of the world.
2006-12-06 23:49:09 · answer #9 · answered by jdm6235 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not fair. Life isn't fair, was never fair, and never will be fair. All the unjust situations will just have to be dealed with until death. God didn't promise our first life to perfect and great like his but he promises an always fair life later someday. If we whine about how dumb things are, then we will do that until eternal death. That's why people tell us to look at the bright side of life. God maid unfairness to see if we will blame him or not. Do not blame God for unjustness. Because he won't do anything about it.
2006-12-07 00:33:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
from where i sit, no life is not fair, does'nt mean it does'nt have purpose but it still is not fair . i don't find anything fair about a son watching his mother die when he was a teenager{my husband}nor do i find it fair to live your life doing the best you can do, only to be hurt and ignored while someone else can go through life being selfish and just living for themself and people just cater to him.
2006-12-06 23:28:34 · answer #11 · answered by sarah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋