Here, every act or thought that treats a person as less than human is an act of dehumanization. Vasiljevic and viki 20 proposed that dehumanization leads to the moral. This volume presents the latest thinking about these and related questions from research leaders in the field of humanness and dehumanization in social psychology and related. Humanness, dehumanization, and moral psychology nick haslam university of melbourne brock bastian university of queensland simon. Dehumanization is the act of denying humanness to other human beings. Advances in understanding humanness and dehumanization. But what is humanness, and how can we capture this elusive concept in a way that clarifies the psychology of morality. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Humanness, dehumanization, and moral psychology nick haslam, brock bastian, simon laham, and stephen loughnan. To purchase this ebook for personal use, or in paperback or hardback format, please visit.
Defensive dehumanization is a process through which people downregulate their emotional involvement with suffering others. Exploring the causes of good and evil american psychological association published. This volume presents the latest thinking about these and related questions from research leaders in the field of humanness and dehumanization in social psychology and related disciplines. The moral psychology of human attitudes to animals. Humanness and dehumanization kindle edition by bain. People perceive morality to be distinctively human, with immorality representing a lack of full humanness. This work has been at least partly inspired by a new model of dehumanization that our group has developed, which derives from a framework for understanding humanness in social perception and judgment. Humanness and dehumanization what does it mean to be human.
The psychology of humanness request pdf researchgate. These questions have only recently begun to be investigated in earnest within psychology. University of kent, uk see all articles by this author. By using our website you agree to our use of cookies. Throughout history, dehumanization has been an essential ingredient in the perpetration of intergroup violence and atrocities. Dehumanization or an act thereof can describe as the denial of full humanness to others, and the cruelty and suffering that accompany it.
He proposes that there are two distinct intuitive notions of humanness. Implicit knowledge, historical dehumanization, and contemporary consequences phillip atiba goff. Philosophers ground moral status in our shared humanity or personhood, declarations of human rights are explicitly universal in their coverage, and. The first section of this article defines the phenomenon and describes its different manifestations. Pdf humanness, dehumanization, and moral psychology brock. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading humanness and dehumanization. This button opens a dialog that displays additional images for this product with the option to zoom in or out. The concept of dehumanization lacks a systematic theoretical basis, and research that addresses it has. How gang members justify violent behavior show all authors.
In principle, all of us have moral worth and deserve moral treatment simply by virtue of being human. Prejudice and dehumanization chapter 4 beyond prejudice. There is also evidence within psychology that perceived humanness and moral status are. Open distance learning odl through the philosophy of ubuntu. Humanness and dehumanization kindle edition by bain, paul g. Selective moral disengagement in the exercise of moral agency. In eight experiments, we examined the link between immorality and self dehumanization, testing both a the causal role of immoral behavior on self dehumanization and b the causal role of self dehumanization on immoral behavior. As i have argued in other columns for psychology today, dehumanizing other humans only has such strong social power because we, as humans, overvalue humanness in the first place see also hodson.
Humanness and dehumanization the university of baths. A practical definition refers to it as the viewing and treatment of other persons as if they lack mental capacities that we enjoy as human beings. The editors assembled very knowledgeable experts who cover numerous aspects, and in the analysis of each context they offer a coherent illumination of how these concepts are used, their meaning, and their consequences. Pdf dehumanization, moral disengagement, and public. Humanness or personhood and moral status are tightly bound in philosophical and legal scholarship on moral rights and responsibility e. Philosophers ground moral status in our shared humanity or personhood, declarations of human rights are explicitly universal in their coverage, and laypeople believe that moral rules hold universally. While attributions of humanness are expected to increase empathic reactions see empathy and humanness, increasing the empathic demand in a situation will not always increase the attribution of humanness to a suffering target.
Research also supports a link between other forms of dehumanization, criminal or immoral behavior, and harsh punishment. The link between selfdehumanization and immoral behavior. Only when you ascribe high value to humanness can you demote non humanness to a low level. Contributions provide new insights into the history of dehumanization, its different types, and new theories are proposed for when and why dehumanization occurs. Email your librarian or administrator to recommend adding this book to your organisations collection. Though dehumanization research is often applied only to human groups, it is. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience.
Bain, 9781848726109, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. This book sheds an original, comprehensive, and wide scope of light on the concepts of humanness and dehumanization. The importance of bullying and moral disengagement. Humanness and dehumanization dipartimento di psicologia. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Pdf humanness, dehumanization, and moral psychology. Herzliya series on personality and social psychology. Dehumanization wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. First, we examine how people are dehumanized, exploring the range of ways in which perceptions of lesser humanness have been conceptualized and demonstrated. Humanness and dehumanization ebook por 97816275098. Journal of personality and social psychology, 110, 343370. A construal level theory perspective tal eyal and nira liberman. Dehumanization, moral disengagement, and public attitudes to crime and punishment. Click download or read online button to get humanness book now.
Meta dehumanization predicts intergroup conflict via reciprocal dehumanization. Request pdf the psychology of humanness this chapter explores the ways in which the concept of. Dehumanization, moral disengagement, and public attitudes. We argue that humanness has two distinct meanings with distinct implications for moral judgment. Instances of dehumanization appear in the historical record when groups are in violent conflict and in toxic contexts of genocide, atrocity and interethnic hatred. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. Humanness define humanness dehumanization and moral.
Dehumanization by definition requires putting humans and humanlike qualities on a pedestal. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Dehumanization is a topic with extensive ramifications for both moral psychology. Why do people dehumanize others and sometimes themselves. No haslam, undefined bastian, sm laham, undefined loughnan, undefined mikulincer, r shaver the social psychology of morality.
Dehumanization, essentialism, and moral psychology. Dehumanization research in social psychology historians, linguists, and philosophers have engaged in schol. Humanness emerges as a concept that runs an integrating thread through a variety of research literatures. This book provides an account of the moral psychology behind our attitudes to animals. This work has been at least partly inspired by a new model of dehumanization that our group has.