Moral disengagement mechanisms operate at four distinct sites in self-regulation

Evidence

Social cognitive theory specifies not only eight forms that moral disengagement takes but also the four loci in the self-regulation process at which they undermine moral control. This conceptual specificity designates the types of psychosocial measures required at each locus to counteract the disengagement of moral self-sanctions from detrimental conduct. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2972

Categorization

• DEFINE: Pins down the four loci framework (behavior, agency, outcome, victim) that organizes the book’s taxonomy.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2972