When Appreciating Nature Makes One Care Less for Human Beings: The Role of Belief in Just Nature in Helping Victims of Natural Disasters
Abstract
The concept that nature is just and that it can act against its perpetrators
is widespread among environmentalists. In the research presented, we show the
consequences of sharing just-nature beliefs for reactions toward victims of natural
catastrophes. A preliminary qualitative analysis of environmentalist discourse
related to victims of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster caused by a tsunami
showed that just-nature beliefs were used to justify the Japanese tragedy. In the
following three quantitative studies, we demonstrate that the belief in just-nature is
related to a diminished tendency to help human beings who suffered from natural
catastrophes. Two correlation studies conducted directly after the earthquake in
Japan in 2011 on members of ecological organizations (N = 183) and undergraduates
(N = 123) showed that just-nature beliefs result in a tendency to help by
giving donations for reducing the consequences of nature rather than for human
victims of the tragedy. The results were replicated in a correlation study of
undergraduates (N = 153) conducted after Hurricane Sandy.
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