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[[Equating wealth and worth]] is a [[logical fallacy]] is in which the [[wealth]] a person owns, earns, or has accumulated is assumed to be a reasonably accurate representation of their ''worth'' as an individual and therefore presumably also representative of the value their contributions to society. | [[Equating wealth and worth]] is a [[logical fallacy]] is in which the [[wealth]] a person owns, earns, or has accumulated is assumed to be a reasonably accurate representation of their ''worth'' as an individual and therefore presumably also representative of the value their contributions to society. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:33, 1 August 2017
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Equating wealth and worth is a logical fallacy is in which the wealth a person owns, earns, or has accumulated is assumed to be a reasonably accurate representation of their worth as an individual and therefore presumably also representative of the value their contributions to society.
This is a special case of the fair world fallacy.