National attachment reduces rather than increases moral disengagement once glorification is controlled.

Evidence

As expected, there were no effects of condition on minimization or dehumanization, and attachment had, if anything, a diminishing rather than facilitating effect on these strategies controlling for glorification. — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 54

Categorization

  • QUESTION: Surprising: attachment appears protective when glorification is partialled out — worth chasing whether this structural dissociability replicates across studies and cultures.
  • XREF: connects to: Glorification enables moral disengagement while attachment resists in-group wrongdoing justification. — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt: Modes…, 138; Ingroup glorification, not attachment, triggers moral disengagement and reduced justice demands. — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 113; Group glorification suppresses justice via moral disengagement whereas attachment does not — Bernhard Leidner et al., Ingroup Glorification, Moral…, 56 (+5 more)

Broader Connections