NONSOD: Equity

Is there really any truth in the concept of "fairness" at the cosmic level?" Is there really some great, numinous equity that governs the universe? Or do we labor under a massive misconception about the nature of things? We human beings want desperately to believe that the afterlife must be, in general, fair. For the most part, we cannot imagine that a child, for example, born in Bangladesh, who lives and dies innocently, could be subjected to eternal damnation simply for want of having ever been exposed to a particular religious dogma. Life comes and goes. Creatures live and die at the whim of other creatures. A child born in Nigeria lives a few weeks, months, years, in misery, then dies, in misery, and that is his or her lot. A child born in Newport, RI lives a long and pampered so-called successful life and dies with loved ones gathered round and that is his or her lot. Life is not fair. So why would the afterlife be? Do whole cultures on this planet suffer eternal damnation simply because the Word has not reached them? Do entire planets of beings suffer damnation because the Word has not reached them? Or is there truly an equity that we simply cannot perceive?