Gestalt Justice. 
The Fusion of Emotion and Cognition in the Gestalt View of Justice

by Ekkehart Schlicht

Gestalt Theory, 23(1), 2001, 51-71

Abstract

The Gestalt view of ethics, as developed by the Gestalt psychologists in the middle of the 20th century, led to a particular theory of justice which avoided the shortcomings of other (emotive or cognitive) approaches. It took the rules of justice a being based ultimately on the fundamental laws of psychological make-up.

Keywords: Justice, Gestalt, cognitive dissonance, emotivism, cognition

 

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