Moral Education & Development
Leveraging Coaching to Support Midshipmen: A Research Review
Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy undergo a critical period of growth and change marked by academic challenges, significant personal development, intense physical training, and the promotion of ethical leadership. Over their four years at the ...
The USNA Coaching Community
The practice of coaching has long been valued at the U.S. Naval Academy. Coaching can be found in places like the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership and the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) since at least 2013. Starting in 2021, and ...
This Kind of Academy
“The problem is to see not what is desirable, or nice, or politically feasible, but what is necessary.” T.R. Fehrenbach, This Kind of War Fehrenbach, as usual, has it right. Those examining the purpose of the ...
Neither Athens nor Sparta—Reconsidering the Mission of the Naval Academy
Since the COVID pandemic, the word unprecedented has been used constantly—almost always, I believe, incorrectly. There’s a precedent for just about everything if you examine history carefully enough. Alongside this overuse, ...
The Liberal Arts and the Formation of the American Military Officer
In the education of a military officer, it is not sufficient to cultivate technical competence alone. One must also nurture judgment, moral discernment, and a steadfast devotion to the constitutional order the officer is sworn to ...
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- Just War Theory & Military Ethics
- Leadership, Character, & The Warrior Ethos
- Moral Psychology & Human Moral Experience
- Normative Ethical Theories & Moral Tradition
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- Technology, AI, and the Ethics of Modern Warfare
- Law and War
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