Moral disengagement reinterprets facts while morality shifting redefines the moral frame itself

Evidence

Morality shifting appears to be a more radical phenomenon than moral disengagement. The latter typically changes the way in which the events or the victims are perceived; the actions might be immoral, but if the magnitude of the events is played down or the victims are seen as subhuman, such actions are less distressing. Morality shifting, however, changes the very frame within which the events are understood: the actions are not immoral anymore. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2150

Categorization

• XREF: Refines the Allport/Bandura discussion of dehumanization and justification as distinct cognitive moves, distinguishing perceptual distortion from frame substitution.
• DEFINE: Key distinction between two mechanisms — changing how events/victims are seen vs. changing the moral frame in which they count.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2150