Psychology should move from selective allyship to empowered actions to tackle global crises
Psychology is committed to the principle of nonmaleficence (i.e., do no harm). Yet the discipline’s past failures and its current selective allyship with only some crises paint a problematic picture. The authors argue that psychology as a discipline and psychological associations as its representatives should better uphold their ethical responsibility. Psychology is committed to the principle of nonmaleficence. This Comment argues that psychology as a discipline and psychological associations as its representatives should uphold their ethical responsibility
Authors
- Helena R. M. Radke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9451-1535)
- Özden Melis Uluğ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7364-362X)
- Maja Kutlaca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0748-8104)
Institutions
- University of Sussex (GB)
- Durham University (GB)
- James Cook University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Psychology
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00316-4
- Primary Topic
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00