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.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780306461552
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-306-46155-2
- Verlag: Springer US
- Erscheinungstermin: 31.07.1999
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1999
- Serie: Critical Issues in Social Justice
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 1400 g
- Seiten: 292
- Format (B x H x T): 160 x 241 x 24 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt