Values, Achievement, and Justice

Studies in the Psychology of Deservingness
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-4757-7230-2
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Critical Issues in Social Justice

When we say that a person deserves a positive or negative outcome, we are making a judgment that is influenced by a number ofvariables. We would certainly take into account whether the person was resp- siblefortheoutcomeorwhethertheoutcomecouldbeattributedtoother sources. We would also consider whether the actions that led to the positive or negative outcome were actions that we would value or - tionsthatwouldmeetwithourdisapproval.Wemightalsobeinfluenced by the person’s own positive or negative characteristics, by ourkno- edgeofwhatkinds ofgroups orsocialcategoriesthepersonbelongedto, and by whether we like or dislike the person. Information about these differentvariableshastobe consideredandintegratedin someway, and our judgment of deservingness follows that psychological process, a process that involves the cognitive-affective system. Values, Achievements, and Justice is about deservingness and about the variables that affect the judgments we make. I use the term “dese- ingness” although I could equally have referred to “deservedness” or “desert.” The terms are all virtually equivalent in meaning, although dictionaries may separate them by using fine distinctions. I assume that the sorts of variables I have just described will affect ourjudgments of deservingness, and I further assume that a judgment of deservingness is most likely to occur when these variables fit together in a consistent, harmonious, and balanced way.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feather, Norman T.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

and Overview.- Perceived Responsibility.- Values and Valences.- The Deservingness Model.- Achievement and Deservingness.- A Social-Cognitive Process Model of Retributive Justice.- Social Identity, Moral Character, and Retributive Justice.- Final Reflections.