Four moral obligations in the aftermath of historical ingroup victimization

• Different obligations are taken on by members of historically victimized groups toward themselves and other groups.
• These are: never be a passive victim again, never forsake your brothers, never be a passive bystander and never be a perpetrator.
• These obligations are conflicting in nature and are unequal in their dominance and prevalence.
• Victim group members and third-party group members differ in their appraisals of these obligations.

Most studies on the legacies of historical ingroup victimization can be defined according to the different obligations taken on by members of historically victimized groups toward other groups, especially when historical victimization is made salient. These obligations can be ranked in terms of prevalence from never be a passive victim again, never forsake your brothers, never be a passive bystander to never be a perpetrator. Different psychological orientations to historical victimhood are discussed as well as differences between victim group members and third-party group members.

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