Research & Scholarship: Examining Moral Injury
Research & Scholarship: Examining Moral Injury
When a healthcare worker must decide which patient gets the last ventilator, or when a journalist witnesses tragedy but can’t intervene, they may experience what experts call “moral injury.” Moral injury is a type of trauma that occurs when someone witnesses or participates in events that challenge their deepest moral beliefs.
“Moral Injury and the Humanities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives,” co-edited by Georgia State’s Andrew I. Cohen and Kathryn McClymond, president of Oglethorpe University and former associate dean of faculty affairs for Georgia State’s College of Arts & Sciences, brings together 14 original essays about moral injury from leading interdisciplinary scholars across the humanities and social sciences.