Imagine you wake up and you’re on your way to an important work meeting, when all of a sudden you catch a flat tire. Some will take this situation and simply tell you that you have bad luck, while others will believe that in some way “negative” karma is finding its way back to you, because it’s believed that you actually deserved the flat tire for what you’ve done in the past. As human beings, we all tend to analyze situations differently. The Just World Phenomenon implies that the world is fair and everyone will ultimately get what he or she deserves. According to Lerner’s just-world theory , people need to believe that this world is a just and fair place where people get what they deserve. This theory can be applied to all situations.
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Many years ago, the world was divided when Trayvon Martin was fatally shot George Zimmerman. The world was literally divided. The victim was no longer a victim, instead this tragedy became a precedent for the racial divide we have in our society today. The question was, did Trayvon deserve to get shot because he was a criminal? Should George Zimmerman have minded his own business and let the police handle this situation? As more information surfaced, so did riots. The media also misrepresented Trayvon as young innocent child, so then came the pictures from his social media account of him holding guns. While this cause in its infamous glory created a social and moral divide, it also sparked an important question. Who was the victim? Was it George Zimmerman who in result of killing Trayvon was the end receiver of death threats, or was it Trayvon Martin, whose short life was cut even shorter. This in essence ties with the Just World Phenomenon implies, did Trayvon deserve to die? Or an even better question, due to George Zimmerman’s actions, the aftermath was it deserved. The Just World theory implies that people have a direct control over what happens in their life (Murray, Spadafore, Mcintoash,2005). Some can say Trayvon Martin was in a place where he didn’t belong, so therefore his destiny is fitting. This can be applied to any situation. This goes back to self-focused and other-focused people. Self-focused people scope and view the situation and more likely to feel that a person’s life is what they deserve. While others-focused will feel and identify with the
Many years ago, the world was divided when Trayvon Martin was fatally shot George Zimmerman. The world was literally divided. The victim was no longer a victim, instead this tragedy became a precedent for the racial divide we have in our society today. The question was, did Trayvon deserve to get shot because he was a criminal? Should George Zimmerman have minded his own business and let the police handle this situation? As more information surfaced, so did riots. The media also misrepresented Trayvon as young innocent child, so then came the pictures from his social media account of him holding guns. While this cause in its infamous glory created a social and moral divide, it also sparked an important question. Who was the victim? Was it George Zimmerman who in result of killing Trayvon was the end receiver of death threats, or was it Trayvon Martin, whose short life was cut even shorter. This in essence ties with the Just World Phenomenon implies, did Trayvon deserve to die? Or an even better question, due to George Zimmerman’s actions, the aftermath was it deserved. The Just World theory implies that people have a direct control over what happens in their life (Murray, Spadafore, Mcintoash,2005). Some can say Trayvon Martin was in a place where he didn’t belong, so therefore his destiny is fitting. This can be applied to any situation. This goes back to self-focused and other-focused people. Self-focused people scope and view the situation and more likely to feel that a person’s life is what they deserve. While others-focused will feel and identify with the