Extreme circumstances can force survivors to abandon their former morals

Evidence

What are the ethics of resisting? When extreme circumstances are forced upon a person, what is she allowed to do to survive? Can she commit apostasy as a religious person, or kill a relative? The answers are complex, possibly unknowable. The idea of survival becomes hazy: It can mean more than just staying alive; it can mean leading the life she feels entitled to have. And in order to do that, the morals she was taught, that she has long lived by, could shift and mutate into something she no longer recognizes. — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 15 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Survival under extremity can require moral transformation — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 15; Survivors can become supportive parents despite past abuse. — Dave Pelzer, A Child Called ‘It’, 321; Ancestral-calling logic forces immorality to be preserved across generations (+3 more)

Related

• Survival under extremity can require moral transformation (similarity 0.94)

Broader Connections

• Survival under extremity can require moral transformation #corroborates (0.95) — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 15