Moral Resilience—The Unhappy Moralist

Oser, Fritz; Reichenbach, Roland

doi:10.1016/s0166-4115(05)80036-6

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“…According to Titus () and Oser and Reichenbach (), moral resilience represents the source of inhibition for immoral actions and is necessary in order to resist negative external and internal pressures when taking a moral decision. Titus () asserts that moral resilience is only possible if the moral agent exercises the virtue of fortitude.…”

Section: Moral Resilience As a Response To Moral Distress?mentioning

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“…Oser and Reichenbach () approach the discourse of moral resilience from a slightly different perspective. They assert that moral resilience is, on the one hand, the source of inhibition for immoral actions and, on the other hand, it can potentially represent a source of unhappiness.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…() reach this conclusion through a series of studies, which demonstrated that maintaining a high degree of coherence with one's beliefs often leads to unhappiness due to failure to receive external rewards. What emerges from the perspectives offered by Titus (), Oser and Reichenbach () and Oser et al. () is that they are all more concerned with the behaviour of the individual who needs to take a decision that mainly affects him or herself rather than with individuals who practice collaboratively.…”

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“…() is that they are all more concerned with the behaviour of the individual who needs to take a decision that mainly affects him or herself rather than with individuals who practice collaboratively. Titus () asserts that fortitude and moral resilience represent the key for salvation in a religious discourse, and Oser and Reichenbach () assert that the personal reward, which the individual receives when he displays moral resilience, is often frustrating due to the lack of external rewards.…”

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Conceptualising moral resilience for nursing practice

2019

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The term ‘moral resilience’ has been gaining momentum in the nursing ethics literature. This may be due to it representing a potential response to moral problems such as moral distress. Moral resilience has been conceptualised as a factor that inhibits immoral actions, as a favourable outcome and as an ability to bounce back after a morally distressing situation. In this article, the philosophical analysis of moral resilience is developed by challenging these conceptualisations and highlighting the risks of such limiting perspectives. It is argued that moral resilience is best understood as a virtue with two associated vices, faintheartedness and rigidity. The intellectual virtue of practical wisdom is required to express resilience as a virtue. This understanding leads to recommendations for professional education, for practice and for further research.

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Section: Moral Resilience As a Response To Moral Distress?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Moral Resilience As a Response To Moral Distress?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Moral Resilience As a Response To Moral Distress?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Moral Resilience As a Response To Moral Distress?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Conceptualising moral resilience for nursing practice

2019

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“…Whichever one chooses, one can either feel good or bad about one's decision and action. Negative emotions may be produced by a bad conscience for being immoral ("unhappy victimizers", UV), or by the insight that following the rule means harming oneself ("unhappy moralists", UM; concerning the latter see Oser & Reichenbach, 2005;Oser, Schmidt, & Hattersley, 2006).…”

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Situational moral adjustment and the happy victimizer

Minnameier

Schmidt

2013

European Journal of Developmental Psychology

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In this study we examine the possibility that the happy victimizer phenomenon (HVP), which is generally thought to be restricted to a specific period in middle childhood, also appears among adults. In contrast to other studies that explain the HVP as a lack of moral motivation or an insufficiently developed moral self, we propose to explain HVP in terms of a specific moral stage, i.e., a specific kind of moral reasoning. In particular we identify HV-typical moral reasoning with a subform of Kohlberg Stage 2. Adult usage of this moral stage is then explained in terms of situation-specificity. We also try to elaborate the idea of situational adjustment and to reveal the processes of activation and usage of previously acquired moral stage principles. Our empirical study shows that adults use HV-typical principles in specific situations.

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Moral resilience through harmonised connectedness in intensive care nursing: A grounded theory study

Defilippis

Curtis

Gallagher

2020

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

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To examine intensive care nurses' main concerns in respect of ethical practice, and to investigate how nurses continue to practise in an ethical way despite challenges in order to offer a conceptualisation of moral resilience. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY / DESIGNThis qualitative study followed Glaser and Strauss' version of grounded theory. The study was reviewed, and approved, by research ethics committees in Switzerland and in England. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURESData consisted of field notes and in-depth interviews with 16 nurses working in intensive care in Switzerland and memos developed during the analysis. Data analysis followed the constant comparative method. This study took place between 2014 and 2017. FINDINGSThis study identified new understanding in how intensive care nurses manage their concerns and challenges regarding moral practice. The main category for moral resilience is harmonising connectedness, which represents intensive care nurses' main concern with regard to their moral life, and at the same time, represents the pattern of behaviour in their social interactions and what they yearn for. CONCLUSIONSThis study offers new insight into intensive care nurses' moral practice, moral resilience and strategies nurses use to achieve moral wellbeing.

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Moral Resilience—The Unhappy Moralist

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

Conceptualising moral resilience for nursing practice

Conceptualising moral resilience for nursing practice

Situational moral adjustment and the happy victimizer

Moral resilience through harmonised connectedness in intensive care nursing: A grounded theory study

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