Ingroup glorification uniquely predicts resistance to justice for outgroup victims, via moral disengagement.

Evidence

Abstract What aspects of ingroup identification can lead people to resist justice for the victims of their ingroup’s mistreatment? In three studies carried out in the United States and United Kingdom, in which participants read reports of mistreatment of prisoners and civilians by coalition troops in the Iraq war, ingroup glorification, but not ingroup attachment or other individual-difference variables, was a key predictor of lesser demands for justice, but only when the perpetrators belonged to the ingroup. This effect of glorification was mediated by two moral disengagement mechanisms focusing on the outgroup: minimization of the emotional suffering of the victims’ families and explicit dehumanization of the victim group. These findings further reinforce the difference between glorification and other forms of ingroup identification, demonstrating that glorification is problematic in maintaining and fostering intergroup relations because of its connection to moral disengagement. — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 14

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ingroup glorification, not attachment, triggers moral disengagement and reduced justice demands. — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 113; Group glorification suppresses justice via moral disengagement whereas attachment does not — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 56; Moral disengagement strategies only mediate glorification’s effect for ingroup-perpetrated violence — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 123 (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Ingroup glorification, not attachment, triggers moral disengagement and reduced justice demands. #corroborates (0.95) — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 113
• Group glorification suppresses justice via moral disengagement whereas attachment does not #corroborates (0.95) — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 56
• Moral disengagement mediates glorification’s suppression of justice demands #corroborates (0.93) — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 57
• Glorification uniquely predicts reduced justice judgments toward outgroup victims in British participants. #exemplifies (0.90) — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 102
• In-group glorification drives dehumanization and minimization which reduce justice support for own-side atrocities. #expands (0.90) — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 54
• Glorification enables moral disengagement while attachment resists in-group wrongdoing justification. #expands (0.88) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 138
• In-group glorification but not attachment predicts justifying harm against out-groups #corroborates (0.88) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2115
• Moral disengagement strategies only mediate glorification’s effect for ingroup-perpetrated violence #qualifies (0.85) — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 123
• Attachment to the in-group and glorification predict opposite reactions to one’s group’s moral violations. #expands (0.85) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 2
• Group glorification increases emotional minimization of outgroup victims’ suffering. #expands (0.85) — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 50
• Moral disengagement reduces victims’ perceived suffering and thus the desire for justice #expands (0.85)
• Glorification uniquely suppresses justice demands when the perpetrator is one’s own group #qualifies (0.82) — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 49
• Moral disengagement mechanisms enable justification of in-group harm. #expands (0.82) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 47
• Glorification predicts exonerating cognitions that blunt group-based guilt. #expands (0.82) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 48
• Glorification predicts defensive denial of the in-group’s moral violations. #expands (0.80) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 42