The Concept of Moral Injury: A Critique

    Activity: Talk or Presentation › Presentation/Speaker at conference, seminar, workshop etc.

    Description

    In this talk, Johannes Lang and Robin May Schott explore the conceptual foundations of "moral injury". We argue that the proposed psychological mechanism in moral injury, "cognitive dissonance," is too narrowly conceived as an "inner conflict". For the concept of moral injury to capture a distinctly moral form of suffering, it must be lifted from the framework of "inner conflict" and placed firmly in the context of social norms and harms.
    Period8 Aug 2019
    Event title33rd European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care: Philosophy and Ethics at the Edge of Medicine
    Event typeConference
    LocationOslo, NorwayShow on map
    Degree of RecognitionInternational

    Keywords

    • moral injury
    • PTSD
    • moral suffering