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Moral psychology

cognitive processes that let people reinterpret their immoral conduct as acceptable, enabling harm by otherwise moral people.

In moral psychology, moral rationalization refers to cognitive processes that let people reinterpret their immoral conduct as acceptable, enabling harm by otherwise moral people. This meaning comes from Tsang (2002) in Review of General Psychology.[1]

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Tsang, J. (2002). Moral Rationalization and the Integration of Situational Factors and Psychological Processes in Immoral Behavior. Review of General Psychology, 6(1), 25-50. https://doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.6.1.25

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