Therapy Silences Moral Language

As therapeutic and psychiatric frameworks expand into public life, explanation (trauma, pathology) often replaces moral judgement (wickedness, evil). That substitution reduces our shared vocabulary for identifying and resisting genuinely harmful conduct, leaving institutions less able to name and mobilize against moral threats. — If true, the trend reshapes criminal justice, public accountability, and cultural memory by making condemnation and communal moral repair less available and less legitimate.