The Justice Motive in Everyday Life

Michael Ross editor Dale T Miller editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:11th Dec '08

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This book describes how a concern for justice affects people's judgements and behaviours.

This book contains essays in honour of Melvin J. Lerner, a pioneer in the psychological study of justice. The contributors to this volume are internationally renowned scholars from psychology, business, and law. They examine the role of justice motivation in a wide variety of contexts, including workplace violence, affirmative action programs, helping or harming innocent victims and how people react to their own fate. Contributors explore fundamental issues such as whether people's interest in justice is motivated by self-interest or a genuine concern for the welfare of others, when and why people feel a need to punish transgressors, how a concern for justice emerges during the development of societies and individuals, and the relation of justice motivation to moral motivation. How an understanding of justice motivation can contribute to the amelioration of major social problems is also examined.

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ISBN: 9780521087933

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm

Weight: 670g

456 pages