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Justifying claims - Exercise 3

How would you proceed to rationally inquire whether the following policies are fair?

  1. Denying admission in a university to

    1. less intelligent candidates,

    2. candidates who have low scores in ‘A’ level exams or SAT.

  2. Putting criminals in prison (discriminating against those who have different moral capacities and moral values)

  3. Denying the right to vote to

    1. children,

    2. uneducated people,

    3. criminals,

    4. mentally disturbed/ insane people,

    5. those who have an IQ below 90,

    6. women,

    7. non-muslims,

    8. non-citizens,

    9. blacks,

    10. maids.