When we look back at the beliefs and practices of our ancestors, we are often shocked at what they found morally acceptable: the public torture of criminals, the trading of slaves, and the subjugation ...

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When we began exploring the concept of moral injury to explain the deep distress that U.S. health care professionals feel today, it was something of a thought experiment aimed at erasing the ...

In order to heal a wound, we first must trace its edges. How vast are its borders? How deep does it go? The wound many of us find ourselves collectively tending to at the moment is a moral one. Moral ...

A common refrain heard among doctors today is that they would not encourage their children to become physicians. They note that burnout is at an all-time high, and the profession lacks the esteem it ...

In early 2021 emergency room physician Torree McGowan hoped the worst of the pandemic was behind her. She and her colleagues had adapted to the COVID-causing virus, donning layers of protection before ...

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When it comes to judging which large language models are the “best,” most evaluations tend to look at whether or not a machine can retrieve accurate information, perform logical reasoning, or show ...

There’s no doubt that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an issue in the fire and emergency services, and the progress that’s been made in this area is important. However, I believe that what ...

I have spent my career studying moral decision-making. Through my own research and that of my colleagues, I have become acutely aware of how moral motivations and justifications warp our thinking in ...

Teachers have long had to comply with what they see as wrong-headed mandates—implementing teaching strategies or behavior-management programs that they don’t think will best serve their students. But ...