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More on Ultimate and Immanent Justice: Results from the Research Project “Justice as a Problem within Reunified Germany”

Jürgen Maes & Manfred Schmitt (1999)

Published
Jun 1, 1999
Journal
Social Justice Research · Vol. 12 · No. 2
DOI
10.1023/A:1022039624976

At a GlanceAI

Survey evidence from reunified Germany links beliefs in ultimate vs immanent justice to how people interpret and cope with injustice.

SummaryAI

Using data from a research project on justice in reunified Germany, the authors distinguish between “immanent” justice (justice within this life) and “ultimate” justice (justice realized eventually). The study clarifies how these justice beliefs relate to people’s interpretations of unfair outcomes, a central issue for belief in a just world research. By separating these forms, the paper helps explain why some individuals maintain just-world beliefs despite clear social and economic disruptions, with implications for understanding responses to inequality and victimization.

Method SnapshotAI

Secondary analysis of survey data from a large research project on justice perceptions in reunified Germany.

BackgroundAI

Basic social-psychological knowledge of justice beliefs, especially belief in a just world and related coping/attribution concepts.