(From Wikipedia) “A moral injury is an injury to an individual's moral and personality, maybe holistic conscience and values resulting from an act of perceived moral transgression on the part of themselves or others. It produces profound feelings of guilt or shame, moral disorientation, and societal alienation. In some cases it may cause a sense of betrayal and anger toward colleagues, commanders, the organization, politics, or society at large.”
I’m looking for any books, nonfiction ideally (but I’m definitely not opposed to fiction especially if you can personally vouch for its helpfulness in understanding and dealing with Moral Injury), that explore what moral injuries are, how they effect people, and how to treat them.
It’s my understanding that “moral injury” is a relatively new term, so if that’s not the specific word used to describe this same general kind of trauma, that’s ok.
by Thurstn4mor
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Read any book about soldiers. This isn’t my forte though so I don’t have any recommendations.
I believe On Repentance and Repair by Danya Rutenberg addresses this