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The word can be variously translated as ' in moderation ', ' in balance ', ' perfect-simple ', ' just enough ', ' ideal ' and ' suitable ' (in matter of amounts). Whereas words like sufficient and average suggest some degree of abstinence, scarcity, or failure, lagom carries the connotation of appropriateness, although not necessarily perfection.
Laissez-faire (/ ˌ l ɛ s eɪ ˈ f ɛər / LESS-ay-FAIR, from French: laissez faire [lɛse fɛːʁ] ⓘ, lit. ' let do ') is a type of economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from any form of economic interventionism (such as subsidies or regulations).
Fairness or being fair can refer to: Justice: in particular, impartiality, objectivity, and decisions based on merit; The character in the award-nominated musical comedy A Theory of Justice: The Musical. Equity (law), a legal principle allowing for the use of discretion and fairness when applying justice
In 1609 Thomas Dekker used the term in The Gull’s Hornbook: "when at a new play you take up the twelve-penny room next the stage, (because the Lords and you may seem to be haile fellow wel-met) there draw forth this booke, read alowd, laugh alowd, and play the Antickes, that all the garlicke mouthd stinkards may cry out, Away with the fool."
Fair Enough is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Margarita Fischer, Eugenie Forde, and Alfred Hollingsworth. [1] Cast.
The just-world fallacy, or just-world hypothesis, is the cognitive bias that assumes that "people get what they deserve" – that actions will necessarily have morally fair and fitting consequences for the actor. For example, the assumptions that noble actions will eventually be rewarded and evil actions will eventually be punished fall under ...
Some believe the fair trade system is not radical enough. French author Christian Jacquiau, in his book Les coulisses du commerce équitable , calls for stricter fair trade standards and criticizes the fair trade movement for working within the current system (i.e. partnerships with mass retailers, multinational corporations , etc.) rather than ...
Distributive justice concerns the socially just allocation of resources, goods, opportunity in a society.It is concerned with how to allocate resources fairly among members of a society, taking into account factors such as wealth, income, and social status.