What It Means to Stay Human When the System Has No Shame

How to understand moral outrage, survive moral injury, and protect your capacity to resist.

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If you feel flooded with fury, grief, disbelief, and the unbearable sense that you're watching something unforgivable unfold in plain sight, you’re not alone. The Boss opened his European tour this week not with nostalgia or fanfare, but with fury.

From the stage in Manchester, he called out Trump’s “corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration.” He spoke of a government persecuting dissenters, taking sadistic pleasure in workers’ pain, and rounding up residents without due process. “This is happening now,” he said. “And it’s too important to ignore.”

That’s what moral outrage sounds like.

Moral outrage is that sharp, gut-level reaction we have when we witness something that strikes us as deeply wrong — not just unfair to us personally, but offensive to our sense of right and wrong. It’s the anger or indignation …