Justice and Self-Interest - Two Fundamental Motives (Paperback)

This volume argues that the commitment to justice is a fundamental motive and that, although it is typically portrayed as serving self-interest, it sometimes takes priority over self-interest. To make this case, the authors discuss the way justice emerges as a personal contract in children's development; review a wide range of research studying the influences of the justice motive on evaluative, emotional, and behavioral responses; and detail common experiences that illustrate the impact of the justice motive. Through an extensive critique of the research on which some alternative models of justice are based, the authors present a model that describes the ways in which motives of justice and self-interest are integrated in people's lives. They close with a discussion of some positive and negative consequences of the commitment to justice.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	2011
Authors:	Melvin J. Lerner • Susan Clayton
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-64028-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	1-107-64028-8
Barcode:	9781107640283

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