Is life fair? Why / why not?

Question

I already have a formed opinion on this, I just want to hear yours.
If the space allows, I will post mine at the end. =)

So tell me, do you think life is fair? Or unfair? Why?

Answer 1

Well life just is. What would be fair to one will not be fair to another.

Answer 2

Life itself can be neither fair or unfair. Life is the conscious awareness of self, or existing form of a mass, such as plants and trees. To say life is unfair is to say self awareness is flawed.
The unfairness that most refer to is the cause and effect of persons reaction to, or from, outside situations created by the self awareness of another. One persons awareness is to be the most honest and kind person he/she can become. The far end is the person who can only do evil and either justify or excuse they're actions. Life itself is merely a quantum transport for recording time.
When you consider the best a person can be, and the worst, somewhere in the middle is where you are. Now I ask you; "Are you a fair person, or unfair?"

Answer 3

Life is neither fair or unfair ... it simply IS. Sometimes it's 'fair' and sometimes it's 'unfair' ... and that 'fairness' depends totally on who is making that 'assessment' ... but think about this ... I made many 'decisions' based on 'the facts as I knew them at the time' in my life, and some turned out 'good' and some turned out 'bad' ... but I didn't meet the 'one true love of my life' until I was 46 years old, and it was only then that I realized that even those 'bad decisions' were something I would NEVER CHANGE, because they would have led me down a 'different path' and I would not have met him ... and we are getting ready to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary ... and to 'plan for' the twentieth ...

Answer 4

Pertaining to my own life, I could sit around and say this or that was unfair. I could waste a lot of time wa waing about all the negative points in my lifetime. What good would that do? Is life fair? I guess life can seem unfair at times, but if we look around , open our eyes to what some people are going through in this lifetime, we could see ourselves as rather blessed. I have suffered through quite a bit of pain in this life, emotinally and physically speaking. Some of my own wrong decisions, some by the hands of others. I feel that life is an ongoing lesson. As a person I feel I am under constant construction and will be until the end of my lifetime. I take it day by day. That is all I can do. I am a christian person. I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and all that he stands for. I feel he is always near me, that he holds me in the palm of his hand and also guides me. I have to be open to this. I have to keep the faith. I feel an intimate connection with him. It took me a long time to feel this connection. I did everything in my power for many years to walk away from him. I was given choices. I was given free will. There are a lot of things in life that I don't understand, but I know that since getting to know Jesus, my life has changed dramatically. Is life unfair? It can seem that way at times, but take some time and look around. How unfair has it really been to you? Look to the blessings in your life. It will seem so much LESS unfair when you realize just how blessed you really are. Do you have a full belly? A warm home to live in? Clothes on your back? OR are you out on the street wondering where you may sleep tonight that will be safe and comfortable. Are you panhandling or eating out of a dumpster. Staying in a shelter, whether it be to have a place to live or to be safe from some abuse you have experienced? Just my opinion.

Answer 5

Life was never meant to be fair. Fair is also a matter of opinion and I'm afraid there are too many people and too many opinions? How unfair is that?

Answer 6

Are you asking fair in our eyes.
Then no.
Everyone wants life to cator to them, and no one else. Even the most giving person is selfish at times.


But truly, yes it is fair. When a bad incidant happens we want to place blame. I get rear ended by a lady, I want to place blame, it's all her fault, and the law complies with me and gives her the ticket.
But I still have to pay for damages, paint, whatever damage was done to the underside of my car. So to me it's unfair, she should have to pay for it. This is going to cost me 1500 dollars.

But no one stops at incidances like this to think what karma could be comming back.

Oh waite, it's costing me$1500 that insurance won't pay.
5 years ago I borrowed $1500 from my best friend and never payed them back. As a result they got their house reposessed.

So now tables have turned and life is unfair to my friend. But we only see one part of the picture.

She got her house reposessed, and her and her husband are now living in a half way house. Poor porr friend. But waite, there is a little girl next door that is crying.
She just got raped by her dad. My friend took the little girl and turned the perv in to the authorities. So if she hadn't had her house reposessed then thatlittle girl would STILL be getting raped.

Now life would seem unfair to that littel girl. But because of her past, she is bound determained to never let that happen to another child again. She runs for office, and jump starts an act for sexual child abuse. brings us to the next step oncleaning out these sick s.o.b's


So every "unfair" act, has a fair and just reporcution.

It balances itself out.
Like the yin and yan

Answer 7

Fair is a state of mind. You will for the most part, get out of life what you put into it.

If you live for the moment, you will probably out live that moment, and regret some of the things you have done.

Example:
Party hard while you are young... get one arrest and that can wreck your chances for a very good job in the future.
One night stands... you will run into that person again at the worst possible time, like with your husband, kids, etc...

Just think about it, is "having a life" worth jeopardizing your future?

Answer 8

Life is not fair, and it's not supposed to be. This plane is a learning ground where we experience live in all is myriad of diverseness. We humans try to classify everything and put labels on everything: good, bad; good, evil; right, wrong; fair, unfair.

One of your answerers got it right when she said life is. Life is, and it's how you deal with the lessons presented to you that makes the difference in your life. And, you cna make a difference in other's lives by not only being a positive example for them, but being a guide, mentor, teacher.

People are going to do what they do, they're going to live through the experiences that they're going to go through. And, they'll keep going throught those experiences until they learn the lessons, and move on to others.

Life simply is. It's what WE bring to life that marks us.

Answer 9

The problem with this question is that you need to define "fair." Does it mean "everyone gets exactly what they deserve"? Does it mean that everyone gets equality?

I think that life isn't "fair" simply because some get more than others. And what you get isn't related to specific actions on your part.

For example, children are born into abject poverty. They didn't ask for it, nor were they given an ability to take any action to change this.

Other children are born into privilege. They, too, did not ask for it nor performed any action to give them this reward.

That's unfair.

Answer 10

Life is what humans make of it. Humans can make it fair or unfair. Currently, if you look around, we have made it fair to some and unfair to others. Therefore, life is currently unfair until humans make it as so.

Answer 11

No. Life doesn’t owe me anything nor does it care if it does or not. Life is not conscious. Anything I want in life, I will have to fight for it and even then, there are no guarantees. Innocent men are electrocuted, children are murdered, women are raped and there is nothing fair about that even if the people who wronged them are brought to justice. Fair would mean that they weren’t raped and murdered in the first place.