Afterthoughts: An Anthropological-Philosophical Investigation of the Ethical aspect in Victims' Responses to Wrongdoing

Afterthoughts mobilises the Humanities for a research-based project to the benefit of persons (resident in Denmark) who have been, or continuously are, exposed to serious wrongdoing and injury in Denmark. Being exposed to violence has many consequences; physically, mentally, socially and legally but also morally.

The project brings together scholars from philosophy, anthropology, religion and psychology with a nation-wide cluster of Danish practitioners in order to secure the development and integration of research-based ethical perspectives into the help we, in Denmark, offer to victims of various kinds of violence. The aim is to improve our ability – across professions and specialisations – to understand and communicate with people who struggle with the moral reminders of victimisation.

The project is carried out as a collaboration between the Danish Womens’ Society’s Shelters, the rehabilitation clinic at DIGNITY - the Danish Institute against Torture, Victim Support Denmark, and scholars from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Copenhagen.