对此 1998 年诺贝尔经济学奖得主阿马蒂亚·森 (Amartya Sen) 在其最新著作《正义的理念 》 （ The Idea of Justice ）中指出，当人们意识到在自己的付出和回报之间存在某种联系的时候，就会认为这个程序是公平的。
The Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen notes in his latest magisterial book The Idea of Justice that most people understand that a process is fair when they can detect a connection between effort and reward.