Title: What is Moral Disengagement? | Salud America
Headings: What is Moral Disengagement?
What is Moral Disengagement?
1. Moral Justification
2. Diffusing Responsibility
3. Mis-presenting Injurious Consequences
4. Dehumanizing the Victim
Racism and Moral Disengagement
By The Numbers
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Big Excuses

Content: Another example: “ This is actually the morally right thing to do; we’re actually helping them by doing this.” Additionally, circumstances like the war/military can turn killing into a moral act. 2. Diffusing Responsibility
With diffusing responsibility, individuals deflect responsibility for a wrongdoing by attributing it to authority figures that dictate that they should engage in unethical behavior
Example: “ My boss told me to do it.” 3. Mis-presenting Injurious Consequences
With minimizing consequences, self-censure is disengaged due to misrepresentation of the outcomes of one’s unruly behavior. They are distorted or ignored in a way that misconduct seems harmless.