Clerical moral concern targets principle and the individual over the collective

Evidence

Members of duty-based societies are also expected to fulfill a wider range of moralized social obligations ranging from the minor (e.g., giving a friend an aspirin) to the extreme (e.g., saving someone’s life). … In all of these situations, the role of the individual is minimized and the maintenance of societal norms and conventions is primary (Shweder et al. 1987). — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 553 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Individualism becomes a moral defense of the status quo once group-based paternalism is challenged; Bureaucracy shifts moral concern from targets onto superiors’ judgment — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 455; Duty-based moralities subordinate the individual to maintenance of social norms. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 553 (+2 more)

Related

• Duty-based moralities subordinate the individual to maintenance of social norms. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Individualism becomes a moral defense of the status quo once group-based paternalism is challenged #expands (0.80)
• Duty-based moralities subordinate the individual to maintenance of social norms. #contradicts (0.80) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 553
• Individualism becomes a defense of the status quo by delegitimizing group-based demands #expands (0.80)
• Bureaucracy shifts moral concern from targets onto superiors’ judgment #contradicts (0.75) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 455
• Civil-servant honor substitutes discipline for individual moral responsibility #qualifies (0.75) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 94