Believing in a Just World

Believing in a Just World is the 64th episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on March 19, 2015. The opening segment is a discussion on . The main segment is a discussion on . The preroll contains the standard disclaimer and theme_music.

Opening Quote

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Show Notes

Dave and Tamler talk about the human tendency to believe in a just world. Why do we have the belief? Does it make us less motivated to fight injustice? How does it connect to our beliefs about free will and punishment? Plus, the SAE incident—a case where the twitter mob did some good? And Tamler changes his mind about Harmony the Hamster.      

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• Just World Hypothesis
  
• System Justification 
  
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• Observer's reaction to the "innocent victim": Compassion or rejection?
  
• Free to punish: A motivated account of free will belief.
  
• Freedom of the will and stubborn moralism.
  
• Sartre is Smartre
  
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