Blending individualist and collectivist values expands felt obligation to all humanity.
Evidence
Given that both individualand collective-focused values are in evidence in all societies (Schwartz, 1990), our interest is in the possibility that by melding individualism and collectivism, individuals may feel obligated not only to their smaller in-group but also to society and to humankind at large. That is, they will both feel connected to others and also value individual differences and endorse flexibility and compromise. In a series of studies with Jewish and Asian American college students, we found evidence for the positive effect of such a melded cultural frame (Oyserman et al., 1998). — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 1093
Categorization
- XREF: Directly links the inclusion-need/small-subgroup literature to the scapegoating literature by proposing a melded frame that enlarges the moral circle — the inverse of envious out-group targeting. — connects to: The for-itself’s responsibility extends to the whole peopled world — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1293; Stoic individualism was complemented by cosmopolitanism rooted in universal Reason. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 658; Rising individuality necessarily yields belief in mankind’s ideal unity — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 684
- DEFINE: Operationalizes ‘melded cultural frame’ — connection to in-group plus valuing individual difference — the specific construct the studies tested.
Broader Connections
- Rising individuality necessarily yields belief in mankind’s ideal unity
#corroborates(0.90) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 684 - The for-itself’s responsibility extends to the whole peopled world
#corroborates(0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1293 - Stoic individualism was complemented by cosmopolitanism rooted in universal Reason.
#corroborates(0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 658