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moral disengagement and execution  

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  • People ordinarily refrain from behaving in ways that violate their core moral standards because such conduct will bring self-censure. In some institutional role functions, however, such as military combat and state executions, the taking of human life presents a grave moral predicament. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Moral Disengagement and Execution]

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