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Moral Injury for Caregivers: The Role of Community in Moral Repair

Moral Injury for Caregivers: The Role of Community in Moral Repair. William P. Nash. The Role of Community in Moral Injury. Moral injury involves a violation of a socially defined moral contract or covenant

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Moral Injury for Caregivers: The Role of Community in Moral Repair

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  1. Moral Injury for Caregivers:The Role of Community in Moral Repair William P. Nash

  2. The Role of Community in Moral Injury • Moral injury involves a violation of a socially defined moral contract or covenant • Community (family, church, military organizations, nation) establishes shared moral standards • Example: consider what the rate of moral injury might have been in the German Wehrmacht during WWII, even those who participated in extermination camps

  3. The Role of Community in Moral Repair • Moral Repair requires reconstruction of damaged moral covenants and trust • Community leaders (in family, church, military organizations, nation) are responsible for social justice as an adjunct to moral repair • Moral authorities may have unique abilities to forgive or encourage forgiveness Walker, Elizabeth Urban (2006). Moral Repair: The Reconstruction of Moral Relations, Arizona State University

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