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Treat moral injury—sustained violation of deeply held…
Treat moral injury—sustained violation of deeply held values—as a distinct diagnostic category requiring values realignment rather than stress management or increased willpower.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Cognitive Dissonance Drives Information Avoidance (cognitive dissonance produces distress), Emotions function as evaluative signals that provide… (emotions function as evaluative signals about events that matter), and Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (cognitive resources deplete with sustained executive function use). The principle recognizes moral injury as structural values misalignment requiring categorical intervention different from burnout or stress. Diagnostic and prescriptive.