Understanding Fairness/Daily Practice: Understanding Fairness
Here’s an “Understanding Fairness” Daily Practice Checklist, inspired by the Understanding Fairness Wikiversity module.[1] This routine is crafted to help you develop a deeper, more nuanced sense of fairness in everyday situations.
Morning — Set Your Fairness Intention
- Reflect on fairness’s complexity: Remind yourself that while fairness often means equality, it also speaks to justice, proportionality, and procedural integrity.
- Choose your guiding intention, for example: “Today, I’ll seek fairness by considering different perspectives and what truly matters.”
Throughout the Day — Apply Fairness Principles
1. Identify the Type of Fairness Consider what fairness looks like in each moment:
- Procedural Fairness — Are decisions made through honest, transparent, and impartial processes? (
- Distributive Fairness — Are outcomes equal, or allocated proportionally based on effort, need, or contribution?
2. Notice Biases and Blind Spots Be alert to how:
- Personal assumptions may color your sense of what’s fair.
- Luck, privilege, or background might shape outcomes—without your realizing.
3. Embrace Deep Pragmatism When fairness feels ambiguous:
- Pause and ask, “What truly matters, and to whom?”
- Aim to maximize well-being—recognizing that happiness or sufficiency may be the most equitable outcome.
4. Apply Steps toward Fair Resolution In any conflict or uncertainty:
- Clarify the real conflict or need.
- Consider procedural, equal, and proportional approaches.
- If fairness remains unresolved, prioritize well-being for all stakeholders.
- Apply the Golden Rule—offer what you'd want in the other person’s shoes.
Midday — Affirmations for Fairness
Choose one or more of these affirmations to ground your practice:
- “I am fair.”
- “I understand the complexities of fairness.”
- “I consider many perspectives.”
- “I balance concern for all.”
- “I understand the role luck plays in life.”
- “I work toward fair resolutions.”
- “I seek real good.”
Evening — Reflect & Grow
Use these prompts to review your day:
| Prompt | Reflection |
| Fairness checks: Where did I notice myself evaluating fairness? | |
| Bias awareness: Did I consider luck, context, or privilege in my judgment? | |
| Fairness approaches: Did I balance procedure, equality, or proportionality? | |
| Deep pragmatism usage: In ambiguous situations, did I ask what truly matters? | |
| Next-day focus: What fairness skill could I sharpen tomorrow? |
- ↑ ChatGPT generated this text responding to the prompt: “Generate an ‘understanding fairness’ daily practice checklist based on the materials at: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Understanding_Fairness”.