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Fairness that avoids favoring a person, side, or viewpoint without reason.

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impartiality

The judge's consistent scoring rules helped demonstrate impartiality.
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A new volunteer proposed replacing the club's long lectures with short demonstrations, and the organizer remained receptive despite enjoying the existing format. To be fair-minded, she asked both supporters and critics to explain how their preferred approach would serve beginners. She also protected the panel's impartiality by using the same evaluation questions for proposals from friends and strangers.
From A Fair Hearing for the New Idea.
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