Arms trafficking depends on collective moral disengagement

Evidence

The details of Terpil’s deadly operation are especially informative because they reveal, in stark detail, that those who trade in human destruction do not do so alone. They depend heavily on the collective moral disengagement of a vast network of reputable citizens who manage respectable businesses. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2197 (#expands, via linked claim)

Although our experiments deliver mostly bad news, a silver lining still exists, for not everyone reacts in the same defensive manner exemplified by the use of moral disengagement strategies. And as discussed earlier, our morality shifting model is not deterministic when it comes to the influence of behavior. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2151 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reputable citizens sustain arms trafficking through responsibility diffusion; Arms trafficking depends on collective moral disengagement across a network of reputable businesspeople. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2197; Collective moral disengagement arises from members mutually exonerating each role in a shared system — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 685 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Arms trafficking depends on collective moral disengagement across a network of reputable businesspeople. #expands (0.95) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2197
• Defensive moral disengagement after in-group wrongdoing is not universal or deterministic #complicates (0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2151