People self-select associates who validate their moral self-evaluations

Evidence

Under social variation in moral standards, individuals generally select like-minded associates who share similar values and moral standards. Compatible associates ensure social support for one’s own system of self-evaluation. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 109

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to vault claims about homogeneous social milieus reinforcing Islamophobic/authoritarian stances; echo chambers of shared values. — connects to: Arguments linked to self gain credibility via generalized self-positivity. — Anthony G. Greenwald and Mahzarin R. Banaji, Implicit Social Cognition: Attitudes,…, 121
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 109