Decent societies regulate inclusion through values that contradict their declarations

Evidence

As this book extensively documents, the exercise of morality is not entirely an intrapsychic matter. Morality is socially grounded. Given the many psychosocial devices for disengaging moral self-sanctions, societies cannot rely solely on individuals, however righteous their moral standards. Regardless of the sphere of life, otherwise considerate people can behave cruelly yet retain positive self-regard. To function humanely, societies must establish social systems that uphold compassion and curb cruelty. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2990 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Freedom of association was defined negatively as the right to exclude, not positively — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 373; Moral exclusion arises from a society’s own evaluative schemes — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 807; Denying settlement rights constitutes moral exclusion in plain view — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 613 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Moral restraint fails unless social systems structurally uphold it #complicates (0.76) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2990