https://moralinjuryproject.syr.edu/about-moral-injury/
So a thread on people's Secrets got me thinking about something we call Moral Injury.
"“moral injury” refers to the lasting emotional, psychological, social, behavioral, and spiritual impacts of actions that violate a service member’s core moral values and behavioral expectations of self or others (Litz et al., 2009). Moral injury almost always pivots with the dimension of time: moral codes evolve alongside identities, and transitions inform perspectives that form new conclusions about old events"
While this talks specifically about moral Injury due to wartime behaviours, Moral Injury can occur outside of military service and combat. For instance in fire fighters, police officers, doctors, veterinarians, and other first responders are all susceptible for various reasons and complications of their jobs.
It's also possible to have moral Injury without being in the aforementioned professions: Say protecting oneself against an intruder using deadly force. Or doing something as a teenager, and coming to regret it later on because of a change in ones life outlook, or the development of new information and morality. People in prison can also come to view their past criminal behaviours as having gone against their morality if they view it as such.
So how do we address moral Injury as a society without judgement, especially if the moral injury of another goes against our ingrained morals ourselves?
Have you committed something that went against your morals, that you've moved past. How did that work for you? How did you do it?
So a thread on people's Secrets got me thinking about something we call Moral Injury.
"“moral injury” refers to the lasting emotional, psychological, social, behavioral, and spiritual impacts of actions that violate a service member’s core moral values and behavioral expectations of self or others (Litz et al., 2009). Moral injury almost always pivots with the dimension of time: moral codes evolve alongside identities, and transitions inform perspectives that form new conclusions about old events"
While this talks specifically about moral Injury due to wartime behaviours, Moral Injury can occur outside of military service and combat. For instance in fire fighters, police officers, doctors, veterinarians, and other first responders are all susceptible for various reasons and complications of their jobs.
It's also possible to have moral Injury without being in the aforementioned professions: Say protecting oneself against an intruder using deadly force. Or doing something as a teenager, and coming to regret it later on because of a change in ones life outlook, or the development of new information and morality. People in prison can also come to view their past criminal behaviours as having gone against their morality if they view it as such.
So how do we address moral Injury as a society without judgement, especially if the moral injury of another goes against our ingrained morals ourselves?
Have you committed something that went against your morals, that you've moved past. How did that work for you? How did you do it?
