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Values, Achievement, and Justice

Studies in the Psychology of Deservingness

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Norman T. Feather

    1. The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Social Justice (CISJ)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    Pages 1-28

  3. Perceived Responsibility

    Pages 29-50

  4. Values and Valences

    Pages 51-96

  5. The Deservingness Model

    Pages 97-122

  6. Achievement and Deservingness

    Pages 123-168

  7. A Social-Cognitive Process Model of Retributive Justice

    Pages 169-203

  8. Social Identity, Moral Character, and Retributive Justice

    Pages 205-236

  9. Final Reflections

    Pages 237-257

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 259-291
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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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  • The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

    Norman T. Feather

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