1/n 'Virtuous victims': recent paper (which includes a large series of studies) finds that people tend to perceive victims of immoral acts as more moral than both victims of accidents and non-victims. psyarxiv.com/yz8r6/ 
2/n They are also more likely to want to help victims of immoral acts than victims of accidents and non-victims (because they perceive the reputational gains to be greater)
3/n The authors' theory ('Justice Restoration Hypothesis') is that attributions of greater morality to victims of immoral acts serves the adaptive function of motivating punishment against the perpretrators
4/n Wish they had measured ideology ;)
5/n cc @CampbellSocProf
