West Point’s “Father of Modern Combatives” on why most PTSD cases are actually “moral injury”
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“All of our virtues come from not being gods. Generosity is meaningless to a god, who never suffers shortage or want. Courage is meaningless to a god, who is immortal and can never suffer permanent injury. The godlike berserk state can destroy the capacity for virtue. Whether the berserker is beneath humanity as an animal, above it as a god, or both, he is cut off from all human community when he is in this state.”
West Point’s “Father of Modern Combatives” on why most PTSD cases are actually “moral injury”
West Point’s “Father of Modern Combatives” on…
West Point’s “Father of Modern Combatives” on why most PTSD cases are actually “moral injury”
“All of our virtues come from not being gods. Generosity is meaningless to a god, who never suffers shortage or want. Courage is meaningless to a god, who is immortal and can never suffer permanent injury. The godlike berserk state can destroy the capacity for virtue. Whether the berserker is beneath humanity as an animal, above it as a god, or both, he is cut off from all human community when he is in this state.”