Perceived reparations importance depends on judged harm severity and violated moral value.

Evidence

The importance of the goal of reparations is by no means a given; it is a social, psychological, and historical outcome (see Barkan, 2000). The importance of making reparations is likely to depend on both perceptions of the degree of harm done and the importance of the moral value that the ingroup has violated. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 590

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Moral disengagement reduces victims’ perceived suffering and thus the desire for justice; Whether harm counts as morally wrong depends on context and justification — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3863; People justify harm through utilitarian necessity and euphemistic concealment (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Full acknowledgement of in-group atrocity raises guilt and willingness to pay reparations. #corroborates (0.87) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2093
• Collective guilt correlates strongly with perceived reparation obligations toward Indigenous Australians #corroborates (0.85) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 818
• Whether harm counts as morally wrong depends on context and justification #expands (0.82) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3863
• Moral self-censure strength depends on how perpetrators regard their victims. #expands (0.80) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 584
• Collective guilt acceptance is a validated measure mediating inequality salience and reparations #corroborates (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 148
• Moral disengagement mechanisms enable justification of in-group harm. #expands (0.79) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 47
• Moral disengagement reduces victims’ perceived suffering and thus the desire for justice #expands (0.78)
• Conflict escalation alters even retrospective moral judgments of past in-group harms. #complicates (0.76) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 86
• Institutional actors legitimize harm through utilitarian weighing of reputation against victim suffering #exemplifies (0.75) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 492
• People justify harm through utilitarian necessity and euphemistic concealment #expands (0.74)