Examples Of Moral Injury In Vietnam
Jim Meyer
Personal Research
6.16.2014
Moral Injury This juggernaut of war has crushed millions of humankind. Its savagery and decadence is consummate. Such butchery has patently marked all the wars of this century and before. This cannibalization of mankind on its own is unparalleled. Scenes of human massacre that few persons would believe will be imprinted perpetually in the minds of the combatants. Many of those who experience the immoral, offensive and degrading trauma of war can be physically and psychologically scared indefinitely. Their sense of what is right and wrong is in constant conflict. The tragedy of war and incomprehensible death will change whoever you thought you were and whatever you think you will become when you encounter …show more content…
The symbol of the traumatized soldier was commonly depicted during the Vietnam War. American citizens’ condemnation of the war was a significant environmental factor accounting for the veteran’s PTSD. Vietnam was a total reversal of the zeitgeist as was evident during World War II. Before this time veterans coming back from WWI and WWII were looked upon as heroes; Vietnam War veterans returning home were seen as murders and were shunned and rejected by much of the community. This only traumatized the returning soldiers more and exacerbated the …show more content…
It is besieged with moral and ethical ambiguities of war. It suggests an injury to a person 's moral conscience ensuing from an act of moral offense which constructs profound emotional disgrace and shame.5 It is a disruption of the feeling of right and wrong that allows a wound to aggravate the soul. Moral injury is a typical human reaction to an aberrant incident.6 Department of Veterans Affairs psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Shay says, “Post-traumatic stress disorder is the primary injury, the “uncomplicated injury.” Moral injury is the infection; it’s the hemorrhaging.” Guilt, self-condemnation, contempt of self and shame are at the epicenter of moral injury. Brett Litz, is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and the Psychology Department at Boston University defines moral injury as “perpetrating, failing to prevent, bearing witness to, or learning about acts that transgress deeply held moral beliefs and expectation.”7 It has also been depicted as act of severe transgression that leads to somber inner conflict because the incident is at odds with core ethical and moral beliefs is called moral
Personal Research
6.16.2014
Moral Injury This juggernaut of war has crushed millions of humankind. Its savagery and decadence is consummate. Such butchery has patently marked all the wars of this century and before. This cannibalization of mankind on its own is unparalleled. Scenes of human massacre that few persons would believe will be imprinted perpetually in the minds of the combatants. Many of those who experience the immoral, offensive and degrading trauma of war can be physically and psychologically scared indefinitely. Their sense of what is right and wrong is in constant conflict. The tragedy of war and incomprehensible death will change whoever you thought you were and whatever you think you will become when you encounter …show more content…
The symbol of the traumatized soldier was commonly depicted during the Vietnam War. American citizens’ condemnation of the war was a significant environmental factor accounting for the veteran’s PTSD. Vietnam was a total reversal of the zeitgeist as was evident during World War II. Before this time veterans coming back from WWI and WWII were looked upon as heroes; Vietnam War veterans returning home were seen as murders and were shunned and rejected by much of the community. This only traumatized the returning soldiers more and exacerbated the …show more content…
It is besieged with moral and ethical ambiguities of war. It suggests an injury to a person 's moral conscience ensuing from an act of moral offense which constructs profound emotional disgrace and shame.5 It is a disruption of the feeling of right and wrong that allows a wound to aggravate the soul. Moral injury is a typical human reaction to an aberrant incident.6 Department of Veterans Affairs psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Shay says, “Post-traumatic stress disorder is the primary injury, the “uncomplicated injury.” Moral injury is the infection; it’s the hemorrhaging.” Guilt, self-condemnation, contempt of self and shame are at the epicenter of moral injury. Brett Litz, is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and the Psychology Department at Boston University defines moral injury as “perpetrating, failing to prevent, bearing witness to, or learning about acts that transgress deeply held moral beliefs and expectation.”7 It has also been depicted as act of severe transgression that leads to somber inner conflict because the incident is at odds with core ethical and moral beliefs is called moral