When tabacco executive deny the link between smoking and cancer despite decades of evidence suggesting a link, this is called:
A)Moral Justification
B)Moral Disengagement
C)Displacement of Responsibility
D)Attribution of Responsibility
E)None of the above

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Moral Disengagement refers to the cognitive process of distancing oneself from the moral consequences of harmful actions. In this case, tobacco executives denied the link between smoking and cancer to alleviate themselves from the moral responsibility of promoting a harmful product, despite the overwhelming evidence suggesting otherwise.

When Tabacco Executive Deny the Link Between Smoking and Cancer