Pride and punishment: Psychological entitlement promotes hierarchy‐restoring retribution via self‐enhancing values

What is the purpose of punishment? The current research shows that for entitled peoplethose with inflated self-worthjustice is about maintaining societal hierarchies. Entitled people more strongly hold self-enhancing values (power and achievement; Studies 1 and 3). They are also more likely, when thinking about justice for offenders, to a...More