Loyalty and authority crowd out harm and fairness after in-group atrocities

Evidence

The second section dealt with a different, if related, mechanism: morality shifting. Building on theory and research on morality, in this research paradigm, we argue that when confronted with in-group atrocities, individuals shift the morality system. The principles of loyalty and authority come to the foreground, and those of harm and fairness recede to the background. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2149

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the binding vs. individualizing foundations in Moral Foundations Theory (Haidt) and to the Allport thread on how group loyalty licenses harm toward outgroups. — connects to: Reparations raise perpetrator groups’ moral standing and reduce intergroup tension — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 725
• ADDENDUM: Relevant to the sacrifice piece: how moral frames reorder when group loyalties demand harm toward designated others.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2149