Moral self-censure strength depends on how perpetrators regard their victims.

Evidence

The final set of disengagement practices operates on the victims of detrimental practices. The strength of moral self-censure for harmful practices depends on how the perpetrators regard the people they mistreat. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 584

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the fourth major locus of disengagement: victim dehumanization/blame, complementing the earlier loci on conduct, agency, and consequences.
• XREF: connects to: Forgiving perpetrators can feel like betraying the dead to survivors — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1314; Atonement must let perpetrator groups retain a positive moral identity — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations:…, 155; Perceived reparations importance depends on judged harm severity and violated moral value. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 590 (+1 more)