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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly  Living with the Moral Burdens of War

A society's ethical obligation's to its troops must last "to the end of their days." Details

 

Program: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Episode: Living with the Moral Burdens of War

After ten years of war, says Georgetown University ethics professor Nancy Sherman, US troops are coming home from Iraq, "and now they see that whole project of stability and democratization unraveling. They come home carrying heavy invisible wounds, of a sense of betrayal and PTSD. Was it worth it?"

Duration: (4:34)
Premiere Date: 01/20/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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