The hypothesis of the right world, or belief in a just world (The Belief in a Just World, BJW), is a belief proposed by Melvin J. Lerner (1980).
This hypothesis is based on the sense of merit and justice and asserts that people deserve what they really get. That is why people who believe in this hypothesis believe that the world is a place where good people are rewarded and bad people punished. The belief in a fair world therefore responds to a personal need to believe that in the world reigns a sort of "immanent" justice that rewards the good and punishes the bad ones.
Among the various declarations of this hypothesis in research areas, it is good to remember what was indicated as a personal norm capable of guiding prosocial behavior (it will be equally matched to what has been offered to the world, in The reward derived depends on the personal belief in a just world, so "I will get tomorrow what I do today for free because I am sure that, being the world a just place, I will be rewarded for my gesture.") Notemodify wikitesto Bibliografiamodifica wikitesto Voices correlateemodify wikitesto
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