"I think you're right that any notion of inequality being unjust has to stem from a sense that people are entitled to some basic level of fairness." It really couldn't be otherwise. To deny this is to deny that justice exists. But how to define that fairness is a question that is strikingly individualistic. And nevertheless, there does tend to be a vague consensus that emerges when large groups of people submit their views on the subject, though any attempt to write down that consensus in great detail tends to falter. The dissent is in the details.

-- ChristopherCrismanCox - 08 Feb 2010