Admitting group immorality is easier when it does not reflect on the group today

Evidence

Acknowledging immoral behavior by ingroup members may be easier when it does not strongly reflect on the ingroup today. An interesting question that can be raised is whether lower identifiers would acknowledge immoral behavior of ingroup members as easily when it reflects more strongly on the present ingroup, for example, when the immoral behavior continues to harm the disadvantaged group in the present? — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1069

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ongoing historical harms trigger defensive denial where ended ones allow acknowledgment — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1078; Mild group identifiers feel guilty when harm is distant and done by others — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1069; People excuse immorality from in-group members arbitrarily defined — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 102 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Highly identified group members minimize collective guilt by morally reinterpreting ingroup wrongs #expands (0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2278
• Perceiving a group’s wrongdoing as situationally justifiable blocks collective guilt #qualifies (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 297
• People excuse immorality from in-group members arbitrarily defined #qualifies (0.75) — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 102
• Framing attachment around ideals rather than current traits raises group-based guilt. #corroborates (0.75) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 128