Intervention and Shades of Altruism during the Armenian Genocide

Hovannisian, Richard G.

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“…In the first condition (ingroup moral exemplars), the text consisted of testimonies of Armenians who had been saved by Turks during the massacres of 1915. The testimonies were taken from Richard G. Hovannisian’s () “Intervention and Shades of Altruism during the Armenian Genocide.” They were accompanied by survivors’ names and dates of birth and included details about the help provided by Turks and the circumstances in which it occurred. In the second condition (unrelated outgroup moral exemplars), the participants were presented with a very similar text in which moral acts were performed by an unrelated national group in an unrelated historical context (Germans saving Jews during WWII).…”

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Fostering Contact After Historical Atrocities: The Potential of Moral Exemplars

Witkowska

Beneda

Čehajić‐Clancy

et al. 2018

Political Psychology

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Intergroup contact is a known remedy for complicated intergroup relations. At the same time, contact is rare in postconflict settings. In the present article, we examine whether exposure to narratives about moral exemplars (i.e., members of a perpetrator group who acted morally and in opposition to the passivity or aggression displayed by majority) could increase openness to contact among historical adversaries. In Study 1 (N = 73), presenting members of a historical perpetrator group with information about ingroup moral exemplars led to a decrease of prejudice towards individuals from a historical victim group, which, in turn, resulted in higher openness to contact with them. In Study 2 (N = 100) and 3 (N = 92), exposure to narratives about outgroup moral exemplars in a historically victimized group increased openness to contact with members of a perpetrator group. These effects were mediated by a decrease in prejudice (Studies 2 and 3) and by an increase in trust towards historical perpetrators (Study 2).

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Fostering Contact After Historical Atrocities: The Potential of Moral Exemplars

Witkowska

Beneda

Čehajić‐Clancy

et al. 2018

Political Psychology

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“…Ali Efendi was an officer in the Turkish army. During the Armenian–Turkish conflict of 1915, he was based in the city of Zara, where he rescued an Armenian family named Vartanian from the genocide (Hovannisian, ). Risking his career and his life, Ali Efendi rescued this Armenian family from deportation, which allowed them to survive the genocide.…”

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“…He would bring us food and then lock up and go. He kept us there for three months” (Hovannisian, , p. 188).…”

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Appealing to Moral Exemplars: Shared Perception of Morality as an Essential Ingredient of Intergroup Reconciliation

Čehajić‐Clancy

Bilewicz

2020

Social Issues Policy Review

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A history of intergroup conflict threatens the basic sense of in-group and out-group morality. This poses a severe obstacle to reconciliation both on socioemotional (by constraining forgiveness and generating dysfunctional intergroup emotions) and on instrumental (by constraining contact opportunities and effectiveness) levels. We argue and review research on how learning about others' moral behavior can contribute to intergroup reconciliation processes. Acknowledging the central role of morality in individual and group perceptions, we propose a new model of reconciliation grounded in research on moral exemplars. Moral exemplars are examples of individual heroic behavior crossing group borders (out-group members engage in rescuing in-group members and in-group members rescuing out-group members). We demonstrate how intergroup relations in post conflict societies can be improved through learning about moral exemplars. Based on studies and interventions performed in multiple postgenocide and postconflict settings, we suggest that learning about moral exemplars effectively regulates intergroup relations by enabling forgiveness and contact after mass atrocities.

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“…Penyelesaian kasus genosida Armenia adalah masalah yang kompleks dan sensitif secara politik, hukum, dan moral. Secara historis, pemerintah Turki secara resmi menolak pengakuan genosida Armenia sebagai genosida, menyebutnya sebagai konflik bersenjata biasa yang mengakibatkan kematian besar-besaran di kedua belah pihak 12 . Namun, banyak negara dan lembaga internasional telah mengakui genosida Armenia sebagai kejahatan terhadap kemanusiaan yang harus diakui dan diperingati secara resmi.…”

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The Crime of the Armenian Genocide from an International Law Perspective

Gea,

Matakupan

2024

Jurnal Multidisiplin Indonesia

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Genocide, or in Indonesian, Genosida, is a form of crime that attacks humanity by ruthlessly eliminating a group for the personal interests of the perpetrators themselves. Various acts of genocide include slaughtering a targeted group, which then physically and mentally assaults the victims. One example of genocide is the Armenian Genocide that occurred in the 20th century and lasted for 8 years. This action was focused on annihilating unarmed people, women, and children in Armenia according to the orders of the Ottoman Emperor at that time.

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Intervention and Shades of Altruism during the Armenian Genocide

Cited by 12 publications

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Fostering Contact After Historical Atrocities: The Potential of Moral Exemplars

Fostering Contact After Historical Atrocities: The Potential of Moral Exemplars

Appealing to Moral Exemplars: Shared Perception of Morality as an Essential Ingredient of Intergroup Reconciliation

The Crime of the Armenian Genocide from an International Law Perspective

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