Moral typecasting predicts neutral agents are victimized, contradicting just-world logic

Evidence

Again, it should be noted that the predictions made by moral typecasting contradict the just world hypothesis, as it should be the cruel moral agent who is victimized, not the neutral agent. — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 105

Categorization

• XREF: This counterintuitive divergence from just-world hypothesis matters for the reader’s own design: a recategorized group seen as high moral agency should paradoxically be seen as LESS likely victim, i.e., less worthy of the reader’s suspicion-mediating threat frame in some directional sense — or rather more threatening as agent. — connects to: Moral typecasting theory divides targets into agents, patients, and neutral roles for experimental comparison — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 141; Moral typecasting operates independently of whether actions are good or bad — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 57; Forced comparison of moral targets reveals effects that solitary ratings mask — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 158 (+3 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting: Divergent…, 105

Broader Connections

• Moral typecasting theory divides targets into agents, patients, and neutral roles for experimental comparison #expands (0.82) — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 141
• Perceiving someone as an agent shifts how we categorize a paired neutral person #expands (0.80) — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 121
• Perceived moral agency uniquely suppresses perceived victimhood, separable from general agency #corroborates (0.78) — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 105
• Moral typecasting operates independently of whether actions are good or bad #qualifies (0.75) — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 57
• Forced comparison of moral targets reveals effects that solitary ratings mask #expands (0.72) — Kurt Gray and Daniel M. Wegner, Moral Typecasting, 158