By Christine Barie (artist) and Kathie Malley-Morrison
Tag: moral disengagement
CARTOON: May the walls come tumbling down (principled moral arguments)
by Christine Barie (artist) & Kathie Malley-Morrison
Uncovering the antidote for dehumanization
by Christine Barie (artist)
Note from Kathie MM: It’s easy these days to see moral disengagement operating everywhere—those corrupt and vicious ways of thinking and arguing that allow individuals to abandon moral principles and behave inhumanely to fellow human beings. What victories the wielders of moral disengagement have seized—persuading people to feel good about doing harm, virtuous about participating in killing and torture, justified in behaving inhumanely to other human beings.
One of the principal ways of morally disengaging from moral principles like the Golden Rule is dehumanizing your chosen enemies—as described in earlier posts (see here and here ) and as illustrated in Christine Barie’s cartoon on Monday March 26, 2019.
In today’s cartoon, Christine reminds us that just as history is filled with examples of powerful leaders who manipulate fear and promote hatred in and for the oppressed and vulnerable members of society, history and herstory are also full of brave individuals who recognize the common humanity of all. These men and women, who empathize and connect with fellow humans scorned and mistreated by society’s power structures, are models of moral engagement, inspiring us to embrace “the other.”
The pathway to perdition: Promoting dehumanization
By Christine Barie (artist) and Kathie MM