Lumifer comments on When considering incentives, consider the incentives of all parties - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dagon 01 June 2016 07:57:19PM 0 points [-]

Great example. The vast majority of Germans that I've met or read about do not classify themselves as responsible for the wrongs of their country. Acknowledging that the leaders and the country was in the wrong is not the same as acknowledging that the current group is the same entity and members are responsible for the wrongs.

Comment author: Lumifer 01 June 2016 09:04:45PM 0 points [-]

do not classify themselves as responsible for the wrongs of their country

Personally, no. But they identify with an entity (a tribe) which they agree is responsible.

Are we talking at the individual level or at the social-group level? At the individual level the phrase "any instance of a large group of people" makes little sense. And at the social-group level personal responsibility isn't relevant, we are talking, I think, about I belong to group X and group X is responsible attitude.