Mechanisms of moral disengagement and their differential use by right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation in support of war.

Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO) are associated with the approval of war as a political intervention [McFarland, 2005]. We examined whether the effects of RWA and SDO on war support are mediated by moral-disengagement mechanisms [i.e.