Just World Thinking

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

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconpeople get what they deserve
Executive Parlancecosmic fairness assumption
Scholarly Discoursemerit-outcome conflation
Babel ZenithJust World Fallacy
Origin: Melvin Lerner

Etymology & Meaning

Believing the world is fundamentally fair and just.

In the Boardroom

Blaming struggling founders for their bad luck.

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