Societies can socialize aggression out of prominence when it is devalued

Evidence

The traditional Polynesians of the Society Islands, which include Tahiti, presented a marked contrast to the Dani in the socialization of aggression (Levy, 1969). In Tahitian society, aggressive behavior was rarely modeled but rather devalued. Unlike in the belief system of the Dani, ancestral spirits were punishers rather than inciters of aggression. Tahitians characterized themselves as affable people who were slow to anger, who quickly got over any ill feelings, and who lacked vengefulness and hostile aggressiveness. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 167

Categorization

• XREF: Pairs with the Dani to establish Bandura’s cross-cultural baseline that the moral disengagement mechanism is learned, not innate — supports the constructive argument that endorsement of harmful policy is likewise socially modeled. — connects to: A tradition of aggression normalizes renewed group violence — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 104
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 167