Accepting collective guilt can motivate building a more inclusive moral identity.

Evidence

While questioning the morality of both past and present forms of intergroup harm could, on the surface, appear to be inconsistent with ingroup interests, the experience of collective guilt may be an important impetus for the construction of a revitalized social identity. Indeed, perceiving a different future identity as possible may be an important incentive for confronting the past. Seeking forgiveness for past wrongs may be a prelude to developing an inclusive social identity where all subgroups are treated according to the same standard of justice. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 58

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Collective guilt acceptance is a validated measure mediating inequality salience and reparations — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 148; Collective guilt functions adaptively by motivating reparation and preventing repeated intergroup conflict — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 87; Collective guilt can be functional by motivating reparative action — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 229 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Collective guilt can be functional by motivating reparative action #expands (0.82) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 229
• Collective guilt functions adaptively by motivating reparation and preventing repeated intergroup conflict #expands (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 87
• Collective guilt acceptance is a validated measure mediating inequality salience and reparations #expands (0.78) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 148
• Collective guilt requires admitting in-group responsibility and spurs reparations #expands (0.75) — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 65
• Group identification can simultaneously raise and lower group-based guilt. #complicates (0.71) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 25
• Guilt is presumed to motivate people to control their prejudiced responses #exemplifies (0.70) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2108