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Justice as a Moral Motive

Belief in a Just World and Justice Sensitivity as Potential Indicators of the Justice Motive

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As theoretical considerations and empirical research suggest, human behaviour is guided by a fundamental justice motive. In the present chapter, we discuss two theoretical constructs that have been proposed to capture inter-individual differences in the strength of the justice motive: belief in a just world and justice sensitivity.

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    Anna Baumert

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany

    Tobias Rothmund

  3. Department of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany

    Nadine Thomas

  4. Department of Psychology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Mario Gollwitzer

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Baumert, A., Rothmund, T., Thomas, N., Gollwitzer, M., Schmitt, M. (2013). Justice as a Moral Motive. In: Handbook of Moral Motivation. Moral Development and Citizenship Education, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-275-4_10

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