Exposure to out-group misdeeds raises loyalty’s importance in moral judgment.

Evidence

The pattern of findings conveyed some support for our conjecture. Although scores for harm, fairness, and authority did not differ depending on the condition, loyalty did. After being confronted with misdeeds carried by the out-group, participants were significantly more likely to subscribe to loyalty as a basis for moral judgment than they were after being confronted with the same misdeeds carried out by an out-group. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2131

Categorization

• XREF: Interesting parallel to moral-panic dynamics from the immodesty thread and to loyalty-based moral judgment in ingroup/outgroup psychology.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2131