Moral Disengagement in the Perpetration of Inhumanities
@article{Bandura1999MoralDI, title={Moral Disengagement in the Perpetration of Inhumanities}, author={A. Bandura}, journal={Personality and Social Psychology Review}, year={1999}, volume={3}, pages={193 - 209} }
Moral agency is manifested in both the power to refrain from behaving inhumanely and the proactive power to behave humanely. Moral agency is embedded in a broader sociocognitive self theory encompassing self-organizing, proactive, self-reflective, and self-regulatory mechanisms rooted in personal standards linked to self-sanctions. The self-regulatory mechanisms governing moral conduct do not come into play unless they are activated, and there are many psychosocial maneuvers by which moral self…
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