Brian S Powers
Biographic Data
| ID | 6001271 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian S Powers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian S |
| FAMILY NAME | Powers |
| SIGNATURE | POWERS B S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8174-5148 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
No Treaty with Inhumanity
A theological exploration of the phenomenon of moral injury, which argues that the Christian language of lament and hope can become a useful response to (inter alia) the danger of the pathologising of moral pain
LGBT Veterans and Moral Injury
Introduction This commentary aimed to contextualize and analyze the harm experienced by LGBT + veterans who served under the UK military ‘gay ban’ policy to address the potential implication of exposure to morally injurious events and moral injury. Methods We provided a comprehensive overview of the ‘gay ban’ policy and its harmful effects through examination of data collected during 2021–2022 from related empirical research, and the findings of …
Moral injury and original sin
Veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan often experience moral injury as an ambiguous sense of guilt or deep confusion or annihilation of a sense of what is good and right. Augustine argued that as personal agents, our willing follows that which we desire—the problem is that our desires are externally and internally distorted and our willing thus follows goods that are twisted and false. I argue that an Augustinian framework of human wi…
Moral injury and original sin
Veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan often experience moral injury as an ambiguous sense of guilt or deep confusion or annihilation of a sense of what is good and right. Augustine argued that as personal agents, our willing follows that which we desire—the problem is that our desires are externally and internally distorted and our willing thus follows goods that are twisted and false. I argue that an Augustinian framework of human wi…
Moral injury and original sin
Veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan often experience moral injury as an ambiguous sense of guilt or deep confusion or annihilation of a sense of what is good and right. Augustine argued that as personal agents, our willing follows that which we desire—the problem is that our desires are externally and internally distorted and our willing thus follows goods that are twisted and false. I argue that an Augustinian framework of human wi…
No Treaty with Inhumanity
A theological exploration of the phenomenon of moral injury, which argues that the Christian language of lament and hope can become a useful response to (inter alia) the danger of the pathologising of moral pain
LGBT Veterans and Moral Injury
Introduction This commentary aimed to contextualize and analyze the harm experienced by LGBT + veterans who served under the UK military ‘gay ban’ policy to address the potential implication of exposure to morally injurious events and moral injury. Methods We provided a comprehensive overview of the ‘gay ban’ policy and its harmful effects through examination of data collected during 2021–2022 from related empirical research, and the findings of …
Moral injury (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Torture, Ethics, and Law (2 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Augustinian Studies and Theology (1 work)