Crossing the Line: Disgust, Dehumanization, and Human Rights Violations

What leads Americans to support human rights violations? The authors explore the role of disgust on dehumanization and support for retaliatory human rights violations, including support for torture, targeting noncombatants, and extrajudicial killing. Using a survey experiment, the authors find that...

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Main Authors: David L. Rousseau, Brandon Gorman, Lisa E. Baranik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-03-01
Series:Socius
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231157686