Comments on: People Who Believe the World Is Fair May Lie More https://allpsych.com/people-who-believe-the-world-is-fair-may-lie-more/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=people-who-believe-the-world-is-fair-may-lie-more The Virtual Psychology Classroom Thu, 02 Nov 2017 17:46:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Neil Petersen https://allpsych.com/people-who-believe-the-world-is-fair-may-lie-more/#comment-2625 Thu, 02 Nov 2017 17:46:14 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=1244#comment-2625 In reply to Ed.

That’s an excellent way of putting it. Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Ed https://allpsych.com/people-who-believe-the-world-is-fair-may-lie-more/#comment-2624 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:21:35 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=1244#comment-2624 It makes sense to me. The concept that the world IS by definition fair (as opposed to the belief that we SHOULD behave more fairly) tends to promote the status quo.

The victor must have deserved to win, according to this view. His methods (including the seemingly dishonest ones) were rewarded by an intrinsically fair universe after all.

]]> By: Neil Petersen https://allpsych.com/people-who-believe-the-world-is-fair-may-lie-more/#comment-2623 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:22:43 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=1244#comment-2623 In reply to Gayle.

For more information, you can read the original studies, which are linked in the article and go into a lot more detail. 🙂

]]> By: Gayle https://allpsych.com/people-who-believe-the-world-is-fair-may-lie-more/#comment-2622 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:43:04 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=1244#comment-2622 Sorry, this article makes no sense.

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