Support staff reframe execution work as serving life, not death

Evidence

However, members of the support team began as moral engagers but gradually became moral disengagers with more frequent participation in executions. By the 15th execution they become moral disengagers and no longer differed in this regard from their counterparts on the execution team. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2061 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Death-penalty support personnel become morally disengaged by repeated exposure; Support teams humanize executions to alleviate their own moral burden; Support staff cope by humanizing inmates while executioners cope by dehumanizing them — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2023 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Support roles gradually become as morally disengaged as executioners #complicates (0.76) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2061
• Retributive execution is reframed as respect for the killer’s personhood #complicates (0.74)