Moral Injury and Nonviolent Resistance: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the Military and Behind Bars

When ordinary people have done, seen, or failed to prevent something that betrays their deeply held sense of right and wrong, it may shake their moral foundation. They may feel that what they did was unforgivable. In this thoughtful book culled from a wide range of experiences, Alice and Staughton Lynd introduce readers to what modern clinicians, philosophers, and theologians have attempted to describe as “moral injury.”

Moral injury, if not overcome, can lead to an individual giving up, tu...