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justice motive  

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  • Definition The justice motive is the idea that people have a basic motive for justice; that is, people have a need to believe that people get what they deserve. Research on the justice motive emphasizes the importance of justice to people as a goal unto itself. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Justice Motive]

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