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The definition adopted in this chapter is that justice involves an evaluative judgment about the moral rightness of a person’s fate: that is, a person’s treatment by others (including nonhuman forces) is judged to be just if it corresponds to some standard or criterion of what is morally right. 1 Some psychologists have implicitly assumed ...
- Lita Furby
- 1986
May 8, 2011 · But to exult in causing harm to others—even if we think they deserve it or that it represents justice, or even if we understand the psychologically value of such exultation (it's...
Jan 1, 2016 · We will give an overview of the most influential psychological theories of (in)justice, describe a representative set of studies and empirical findings from justice research in psychology,...
Five principles of a social psychology of social justice for the twenty-first century are proposed, orienting empirical work toward (1) a critical ontological perspective, (2) assumption of a normative stance toward justice, (3) alliance with the subordinate, (4) analysis of resistance, and (5) commitment to public science and scientific activism.
The present chapter describes the current state of affairs regarding the psychology of justice. We will give an overview of the most influential psychological theories of (in)justice, describe a representative set of studies and empirical findings from justice research in psychology, and discuss how these theories and findings can be used (a ...
- Mario Gollwitzer, Jan Willem van Prooijen
- 2016
In the previous section, we've discussed the various types of social justice intervention in psychology. Now, let's explore some real-world examples of social injustice, particularly within mental health, and the profound impact they can have on vulnerable and marginalized populations everywhere.
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Rather than attempting yet another summary of psychological research, this chapter offers a framework for exam ining the relation of research on justice in psychology to that in other disciplines. The first section briefly reviews how justice has been studied by psychologists.