Fighting for universally beloved causes shields an actor from scrutiny of their methods

Evidence

One was the fact that, like motherhood, parks symbolized something good, and therefore anyone who fought for parks fought under the shield of the presumption that he was fighting for the right—and anyone who opposed him, for the wrong. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 842

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Holding one kind of responsibility can shield actors from attribution of the other — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4003; Expert legitimacy can override moral drives even when actors know their acts are wrong — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 564

Broader Connections

• Holding one kind of responsibility can shield actors from attribution of the other #expands (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4003
• Expert legitimacy can override moral drives even when actors know their acts are wrong #complicates (0.72) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 564