When believing the world is just, the future appears to be more controllable if acting according to accepted standards. One important reason for the general just world belief is that it can buffer the stress connected with the unpredictability and threats of life (Furnham 2003 Lerner 1980). Still, many people stick to the idea of a just world, which has been extensively examined by social psychologists under the term (general) belief in a just world (Furnham 2003 Lerner 1980 Rubin and Peplau 1975 Wolfradt and Dalbert 2003). In addition to the subjectivity of the cultural construct “deserving,” many examples speak against justice as a principle of nature (e.g., the cruel deaths of little children reported in the news or history books).

In other words, there is no real evidence for a natural law within the universe that, in general, people get what they deserve and deserve what they get (the core idea of a just world Lerner and Miller 1978 Lipkus 1991). General Belief in a Just Worldįrom a scientific perspective, there is no reason to assume that the world is generally just. In this sense, this work aimed to research whether Welles’s quote reflects a view that is common amongst autistic people and people high in autistic traits. Welles’s autism-like personality and his views about justice might not have coincided purely by chance there is possibly an underlying general regularity. People only get good luck or bad luck.” While we do not know whether Welles would have been diagnosed with autism, it has been argued that he might have been on the autism spectrum, given some biographical notes about his traits and behaviors (Ledgin 2002).

Orson Welles is reported to have once said, “Nobody gets justice.

Deceptive Behavior by Kate Dolan