Justice and Self-Interest: Two Fundamental Motives

by Melvin J Lerner and Susan Clayton

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107640288
• ISBN13: 9781107640283
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"