| | Benevolence has nothing to do with it - 'fairness' is an attribute of the virtue of justice, which is an application of the virtue of honesty, which itself is a virtue derived from where all virtues derive - rationality....
Further, it must be clear that justice in no way intimates equating with egalitarianism -which, far from being the paradign of justice, is its antithesis... and as consequence, merits nothing of mercy - which is unearned leniency - as opposed to forgiveness, which may be earned and thus deserved...
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