immanent justice

the belief that rules are fixed and immutable and that punishment automatically follows misdeeds regardless of extenuating circumstances. Children up to the age of 8 equate the morality of an act only with its consequences; not until later do they develop the capacity to judge motive and subjective considerations. See moral absolutism; moral realism. Compare distributive justice. [postulated by Jean Piaget]

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Psychology term of the day

January 28th 2025

typology

n. any analysis of a particular category of phenomena (e.g., individuals, things) into classes based on common characteristics, such as a typology of personality. —typological adj.