ARBUS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Horse Meat, Ikea, Laziness
20 Mar 2016
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Thousands of people come together (because of money) to produce the things you buy. Sellers beware, the onus is on the sellers. Barriers to fairness: attitudes towards the poor, want to keep resources to ourselves, structural barriers. Attribution error: explanation action consequences: we cannot directly observe explanation, we can directly observe action, ex. Pro-castro versus anti-castro essays: i survived for a reason . Nature of success: when we succeed, we say it"s us (ex. Hard worker: when we fail, we say it"s not us (ex. Bad luck: when others success, we say it"s not them (ex. Good luck, comes from prestigious family: when others fail, we say it"s them (ex. One legged rabbit = slow turtle in a race) Equality: differences of people should not hold them back (another conception of equality) relative positioning: ex. Turtle being moved closer to the finish line. He will still have to work hard if he wants to win though.
