BEYOND FORGIVENESS: MORAL INJURY, JUSTICE, AND THE LIMITS OF THERAPEUTIC RECONCILIATION
Must forgiveness be the final stage of healing? Drawing on moral injury research, trauma recovery, and the psychology of forgiveness, this essay examines why recovery, accountability, reconciliation, and justice must remain distinct—and why dignity does not require abandoning the pursuit of repair.
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT DEHUMANIZATION:Dignity, Consequences, and the Ethics of Repair
Accountability does not require humiliation, and dignity does not mean freedom from consequences. Drawing on restorative justice, criminology, and procedural fairness, this essay explores how individuals and institutions can respond to wrongdoing without reproducing the misuse of power.