| Values, Achievement, and Justice: Studies in the Psychology of Deservingness Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Feather, Norman T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1475772300 ISBN-13: 9781475772302 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Psychology | Social Psychology - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 303.372 |
| Series: Critical Issues in Social Justice |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.97 lbs) 292 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
