Question

What is the author mean by the following quote from paragraph 7, and how does it develop the central ideas of the article?: When leaders
attempt to navigate the slippery slope of fairness they will find themselves Arbiter of public opinion in Hostage to the politically correct

Answer 1

According to the author, we shouldn't justify our own inertia by constantly claiming that life is unfair. People are not born in equal circumstances, but they have equal chances to make the best of their circumstances. Leaders, more than any other people, shouldn't fall prey to such vague concepts as fairness. Many things aren't fair, and that is true. Then again, many fair things wouldn't be the right things to do. Leaders should choose what is right over what is presumably fair. By pursuing "fairness", we are fooling ourselves, and providing an excuse for complaining instead of acting.