In-group glorification drives dehumanization and minimization which reduce justice support for own-side atrocities.

Evidence

Specifically, when the perpetrator is the out-group the relationship between the variables is not very systematic, but when the perpetrator is the in-group a coherent and meaningful model representing the psychological process emerges, supporting the mediating role of moral disengagement strategies in the relationship between in-group glorification and support for retributive and restorative justice. … Controlling (statistically) for in-group attachment and political affiliation, in-group glorification is positively related to the use of two moral disengagement strategies – that is, the higher the glorification the greater the explicit dehumanization of the victims and the downplaying of the suffering of the victims’ family members. … In turn, explicit dehumanization is negatively related to the support for restorative justice (reparations), and the downplaying of the suffering of the victim’s family predicts negatively both restorative and retributive justice (punishment of the perpetrators) (Leidner, Slawuta, & Castano, forthcoming). — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 54

Categorization

  • QUESTION: These self-citations appear to be forthcoming/unpublished work by Leidner, Slawuta, & Castano themselves - worth chasing for the completed published versions to verify.
  • XREF: connects to: Glorifying one’s own group drives dehumanization of victims and lowered justice demands. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2118; High glorifiers minimize and deflect their own group’s atrocities. — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 26; Ingroup glorification, not attachment, triggers moral disengagement and reduced justice demands. — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 113 (+17 more)

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