Coping with Moral Threat
Moral Judgment amid War on Terror
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6283567 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom (0000-0003-4930-3355, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author), Shaul Kimhi (0000-0003-2347-5941, Department of Psychology, Tel Hai College, Tel Hai, Israel), Shani Fachter (0000-0001-5807-6233, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Michal Shamai (0000-0002-4446-1883, University of Haifa), Daphna Canetti (0000-0003-0794-4090, University of Haifa) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 231-260 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002719854209 |
| OpenAlex | W2952506786 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 66 |
Moral dilemmas amid war on terrorism include repeated harsh moral choices, which often pose threats to one’s moral image. Given that people strive to view themselves as moral, how do they cope with such morally compromising decisions? We suggest and test two strategies to cope with morally threatening decision-making under in-group moral responsibility amid war on terrorism: (a) trivialization of the moral dilemma and (b) resentment toward the target. Four experimental studies measured (study 1) and manipulated (studies 2–4) these hypothesized mechanisms, presenting a similar collateral damage dilemma to Israeli Jews in the context of the 2014 Gaza conflict (studies 1 and 2) and to Americans in the context of the US campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (studies 3 and 4). Results demonstrate that both trivialization and resentment facilitate harsh moral choices under conditions of moral accountability. Studying the mechanism underlying moral decision-making in conflicts is key to understanding moral injury and the process of moral repair
Criminology · Dilemma · Epistemology · Just war theory · Moral authority · Moral dilemma · Moral disengagement · Moral injury · Moral psychology · Moral reasoning · Moral responsibility · Political science · Politics · Resentment · Social cognitive theory of morality · Spanish Civil War · Terrorism · Ethics in Business and Education · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |