Terrorists engage morality to justify their mission while disengaging it for lethal acts

Evidence

These cases illustrate the dual function of moral justification. Radical ideology engages morality in the service of the terroristic mission but disengages morality in its lethal execution. By selectively excluding classes of vilified people from their definition of humanity, perpetrators can feel proud to maim and kill numerous victims. Domestic terrorists can be Islamists, white supremacists, anarchists, or some other ideological variety. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2253

Categorization

• XREF: Supplies the psychological mechanism for how ideologues rationalize harming dehumanized out-groups, linking to Cooper’s social-conservatism and authoritarianism claims in the vault. — connects to: Extremists are propelled by belief in a saving mission that others will initially oppose. — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 376
• DEFINE: States concisely the dual function of moral justification as it operates in ideological violence.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2253