The Good Kill: Just War and Moral Injury

by Marc Livecche

Book Overview

War wounds the soul. It is not only the violence that warfighters suffer against them that harms, but also the violence that they do. These soul wounds have come to be known as moral injuries: psychic traumas that occur from having done or condoned that which goes against deeply held moral principles. It is not surprising that the committing of atrocities or the accidental killing of the innocent would hurt the soul of warfighters.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197515800
• ISBN13: 9780197515808
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.7"