Ignorance of harm makes self-deception morally possible

Evidence

Two of the mechanisms of moral disengagement play an influential role in supporting genuine self-deception. By keeping the adverse effects of one’s actions out of sight, one can continue to believe that one has done no harm. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 710

Categorization

• XREF: Mechanism of disregarding/distorting consequences connects directly to the vault’s authoritarianism and Islamophobia claims about ordinary people rationalizing policy. — connects to: Avoiding knowledge is an active strategy for self-protection against moral culpability
• ADDENDUM: Supports the sacrifice article’s claim that harm requires narrative framing to be accepted — here innocents render harm invisible to the doer.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 710