it seems fair that people who had to put in a lot more work to get to a position where they can do their jobs should be rewarded more.
This is true. However, the clarity of this statement gets muddied with the disparity in privilege and opportunity.
An individual born into wealth has to put effort into passing medical school, while an individual born into poverty has to put the same amount of effort into just surviving and still may never be able to afford medical school.
And yet the latter may have had a prodigious talent for medicine that will never be uncovered.
This is true. However, the clarity of this statement gets muddied with the disparity in privilege and opportunity.
An individual born into wealth has to put effort into passing medical school, while an individual born into poverty has to put the same amount of effort into just surviving and still may never be able to afford medical school.
And yet the latter may have had a prodigious talent for medicine that will never be uncovered.