
Values, Achievement, and Justice
Studies in the Psychology of Deservingness
Norman T. Feather(Author)
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published on 31. July 1999
Book
Hardback
XVI, 292 pages
978-0-306-46155-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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` ...Feather deserves all the praise he will no doubt receive for his considerable achievements. 'APA REVIEW OF BOOKS, 46:3 (2001)
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Edition
1999 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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XVI, 292 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
641 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-46155-2 (9780306461552)
DOI
10.1007/b108376
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Content
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.