Moral Injury Project

Syracuse University has initiated a ‘Moral Injury Project.’ Reportedly, the Moral Injury Project at Syracuse University in New York State was formed in Summer 2014 after a gathering of academics, administrators, researchers, religious scholars, veterans, professors, chaplains, and mental health providers addressed the question: What are we doing about moral injury among US military veterans? Among other things, this project as defining moral injury as the damage done to one’s conscience or moral compass when that person perpetrates, witnesses, or fails to prevent acts that transgress one’s own moral beliefs, values, or ethical codes of conduct. War is one (but not the only) thing that can cause this damage. Abuse, rape, and violence may cause similar types of damage. “Soul repair” and “soul wound” are terms already in use by researchers and institutions in the United States who are exploring moral injury and pathways to recovery.

http://moralinjuryproject.syr.edu/about-moral-injury/