The belief that the world is fair and people get what they deserve. Karma's philosophical cousin.
Leads to victim blaming, reduces empathy for those suffering misfortune, and creates unrealistic expectations about fairness.
This bias helps people feel safer by believing bad things won't happen to them if they're good, but it also leads to victim blaming.
"Your confidence in your own rationality is inversely proportional to your actual rationality. Ironic, isn't it?"