Tracing the memetic roots back, you could say that ‘fairness’ derives from the assumption that all humans have equal inherent worth, which I suppose you could link back to religious ideals. Natural rights follow from this same chain, but it’s not obvious to me what concepts came first and caused the others (never mind what time they were formalized).
If you want to strike it from your thinking, keep in mind that fairness is a core assumption of our social landscape, for better or worse. It can be worth keeping solely because people might hate you if you don’t.
Tracing the memetic roots back, you could say that ‘fairness’ derives from the assumption that all humans have equal inherent worth, which I suppose you could link back to religious ideals. Natural rights follow from this same chain, but it’s not obvious to me what concepts came first and caused the others (never mind what time they were formalized).
If you want to strike it from your thinking, keep in mind that fairness is a core assumption of our social landscape, for better or worse. It can be worth keeping solely because people might hate you if you don’t.