Just-World Fallacy

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Psychology

Foundational Lexiconpeople get what they deserve
Executive Parlancekarmic assumption
Scholarly Discoursemoral causation bias
Babel ZenithJust-World Hypothesis
Origin: Melvin Lerner

Etymology & Meaning

Believing the world is fundamentally fair.

In the Boardroom

Assuming failures must have done something wrong.

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