Title: Moral Absence in Everyday Life | Psychology Today
Headings: Moral Absence in Everyday Life
Darcia F. Narvaez Ph.D.
Moral Absence in Everyday Life
Moral presence is an ongoing challenge

Content: Past trauma can lead us to ignore our feelings, deep intuitions and inner selves (our deeper dreams ). Then we are likely to push away anything that is threatening to our current, fragile, superificial self perception. Ideology —a set of beliefs adopted not from personal experience but that seem to offer a shield from what we see as threats. So, for example, if you were raised in a family that felt unsafe, a particular religion can offer a harbor of safety by assuring you that something better is coming if you behave or believe a certain way. Role expectations. How many times have you met someone who treated you like a category instead of an individual? This has happened to me (and many women) with older (usually) males countless times where they treated me like a know-nothing youngster (female), an inferior being who should be catering to their interests and needs. I work at not doing that with young students. We can also be focused on something else at the time of moral action. Distraction.