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the issue of economic inequality is relevant to notions of:
Equal of opportunity
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arises from the similar treatment of all people, unhampered by artificial barriers or prejudices or preferences, except when particular distinctions can be explicitly justified
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the aim is that important jobs should go to those "most qualified" – persons most likely to perform ably in a given task – and not go to persons for arbitrary or irrelevant reasons
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chances for advancement should be open to everybody interested,such that they have "an equal chance to compete within the framework of goals and the structure of rules established"
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the idea is to remove arbitrariness from the selection process and base it on some "pre-agreed basis of fairness, with the assessment process being related to the type of position" and emphasizing procedural and legal means
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individuals should succeed or fail based on their own efforts and not extraneous circumstances such as having well-connected parents