Values, Achievement, and Justice Studies in the Psychology of Deservingness /

• Main Author: Feather, Norman T. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1999.
• Series: Critical Issues in Social Justice,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Criminology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Criminology & Criminal 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 whet...

Table of Contents:

• 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.