The cognitive bias that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get, leading to blame of victims and faith that life is fair.
From Old English 'just' (righteous) + 'world' + Greek 'hypothesis.' The belief that the world is just. Described by Melvin Lerner in 1980.
The just-world hypothesis is believing life is always fair — good things happen to good people and bad things to bad ones. Comforting but dangerously wrong.
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