Imagine that David is preparing his will and is trying to decide how to divide his assets between his two grown children. His daughter, Tonya, is a chemical engineer who earns a high income. His son, Terry, opted out of college and went to work straight out of high school. Now Terry works in construction; he works just as hard as Tanya, but he is less affluent than she is. Classify each example of possible ways David could divide his assets based on fairness and distribution as illustrated in the chapter. Fairness of equal Fairness of equal Fairness of process Fairness of what is outcomes opportunity eserved or earned

Imagine that David is preparing his will and is trying to decide how to divide his assets between his two grown children. His daughter, Tonya, is a chemical engineer who earns a high income. His son, Terry, opted out of college and went to work straight out of high school. Now Terry works in construction; he works just as hard as Tanya, but he is less affluent than she is. Classify each example of possible ways David could divide his assets based on fairness and distribution as illustrated in the chapter. Fairness of equal Fairness of equal Fairness of process Fairness of what is outcomes opportunity eserved or earned

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