Getting "just deserts" or seeing the "silver lining": the relation between judgments of immanent and ultimate justice.

People can perceive misfortunes as caused by previous bad deeds (immanent justice reasoning) or resulting in ultimate compensation (ultimate justice reasoning). Across two studies, we investigated the relation between these types of justice reasoning and identified the processes (perceptions of dese...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2a0c372cec444c72a57daf92d7c70ba92021-11-25T06:07:52ZGetting "just deserts" or seeing the "silver lining": the relation between judgments of immanent and ultimate justice.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0101803https://doaj.org/article/2a0c372cec444c72a57daf92d7c70ba92014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25036011/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203People can perceive misfortunes as caused by previous bad deeds (immanent justice reasoning) or resulting in ultimate compensation (ultimate justice reasoning). Across two studies, we investigated the relation between these types of justice reasoning and identified the processes (perceptions of deservingness) that underlie them for both others (Study 1) and the self (Study 2). Study 1 demonstrated that observers engaged in more ultimate (vs. immanent) justice reasoning for a "good" victim and greater immanent (vs. ultimate) justice reasoning for a "bad" victim. In Study 2, participants' construals of their bad breaks varied as a function of their self-worth, with greater ultimate (immanent) justice reasoning for participants with higher (lower) self-esteem. Across both studies, perceived deservingness of bad breaks or perceived deservingness of ultimate compensation mediated immanent and ultimate justice reasoning respectively.Annelie J HarveyMitchell J CallanPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 7, p e101803 (2014)
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Annelie J Harvey
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Getting "just deserts" or seeing the "silver lining": the relation between judgments of immanent and ultimate justice.
description People can perceive misfortunes as caused by previous bad deeds (immanent justice reasoning) or resulting in ultimate compensation (ultimate justice reasoning). Across two studies, we investigated the relation between these types of justice reasoning and identified the processes (perceptions of deservingness) that underlie them for both others (Study 1) and the self (Study 2). Study 1 demonstrated that observers engaged in more ultimate (vs. immanent) justice reasoning for a "good" victim and greater immanent (vs. ultimate) justice reasoning for a "bad" victim. In Study 2, participants' construals of their bad breaks varied as a function of their self-worth, with greater ultimate (immanent) justice reasoning for participants with higher (lower) self-esteem. Across both studies, perceived deservingness of bad breaks or perceived deservingness of ultimate compensation mediated immanent and ultimate justice reasoning respectively.
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Mitchell J Callan
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title Getting "just deserts" or seeing the "silver lining": the relation between judgments of immanent and ultimate justice.
title_short Getting "just deserts" or seeing the "silver lining": the relation between judgments of immanent and ultimate justice.
title_full Getting "just deserts" or seeing the "silver lining": the relation between judgments of immanent and ultimate justice.
title_fullStr Getting "just deserts" or seeing the "silver lining": the relation between judgments of immanent and ultimate justice.
title_full_unstemmed Getting "just deserts" or seeing the "silver lining": the relation between judgments of immanent and ultimate justice.
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