Moral injury is an invisible wounding of profound intrapsychic harm. It is imperative at-risk professions, and as a society we lift the veil of betrayal blindness, see these invisible wounds, assist those who are suffering and take measures to address the systemic failures that inflict and perpetuate MI.
Moral injury is not a weakness. Concern for the wellbeing and safety of others is central to human relationships. For all democracy’s failings, moral principles, ethics, values, rule of law and empathy for others are the foundations upon which civil society is built. Viktor Frankl said, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstances, to choose one’s own way”. Moral injury is therefore, a consequence of humanness.
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