Over the past several years, the United States Naval Academy has served as a micro-laboratory for the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Initially, the conversation was confined to Generative AI, machines mimicking human... Read more
The Season of Becoming
Every year, the Chief’s Season reminds me why the Navy’s backbone isn’t built in classrooms or through instruction manuals — it’s forged through challenge,... Read more
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... Read more
Shall we be Athens or Sparta? As long as there have been service academies, this comparison has been trotted out in debates over their proper form and function. For just as long, it has been a false dichotomy. Citing a 1979 work by John... Read more
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... Read more
Within contemporary discourse on the ethics of AWS (autonomous weapons systems), one of the most popular in-principle moral arguments against the use of such technologies is the so-called ‘responsibility gap’... Read more
Introduction
In 1992, Bosnia declared independence from Yugoslavia, following in the footsteps of Croatia and Slovenia, who had done the same the previous year. Bosnian Muslim control over the new government immediately upset the large... Read more
“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... Read more
As a newly hired ethics instructor at the Stockdale Center, I think it somewhat appropriate at this moment in time to share some of my thoughts and reflections on the man whom this center is named after, his legacy, and my specific... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
The primary mission of America’s service academies is not to mimic Ivy League institutions—it is to produce officers capable of fighting and winning our nation’s wars. While... Read more
When the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership launched its blog in 2020, it did so with a conviction that reflective thought has a place—indeed, a necessary one—within the high-tempo, consequential world of... Read more
When Machines Help Us Make Life-or-Death Decisions: How should the laws of armed conflict address the rise of AI-augmented decision-making?
Dr. Jovana Davidovic - USNA Class of 1962 Research Fellow
Recently,... Read more
Remembering the Primary Mission of Our Academies
by
Michael Robillard
The primary mission of America’s service academies is not to mimic Ivy League institutions—it is to... Read more
Thirtieth installment:
Arrian, a student of Epictetus, wrote eight books, The Discourses of Epictetus, of which four survive. Selections from those eight books were also collected in the Enchiridion, or "Handbook." The... Read more
Twenty-ninth installment:
Arrian, a student of Epictetus, wrote eight books, The Discourses of Epictetus, of which four survive. Selections from those eight books were also collected in the Enchiridion, or "Handbook." The... Read more
Twenty-seventh installment:
Arrian, a student of Epictetus, wrote eight books, The Discourses of Epictetus, of which four survive. Selections from those eight books were also collected in the Enchiridion, or "Handbook." The... Read more
Twenty-seventh installment:
Arrian, a student of Epictetus, wrote eight books, The Discourses of Epictetus, of which four survive. Selections from those eight books were also collected in the Enchiridion, or "Handbook." The... Read more
Twenty-sixth installment:
Arrian, a student of Epictetus, wrote eight books, The Discourses of Epictetus, of which four survive. Selections from those eight books were also collected in the Enchiridion, or "Handbook." The... Read more
Twenty-fifth installment:
Arrian, a student of Epictetus, wrote eight books, The Discourses of Epictetus, of which four survive. Selections from those eight books were also collected in the Enchiridion, or "Handbook." The... Read more
Twenty-fourth installment:
Arrian, a student of Epictetus, wrote eight books, The Discourses of Epictetus, of which four survive. Selections from those eight books were also collected in the Enchiridion, or "Handbook." The... Read more
Twenty-third installment:
Arrian, a student of Epictetus, wrote eight books, The Discourses of Epictetus, of which four survive. Selections from those eight books were also collected in the Enchiridion, or "Handbook." The... Read more
Twenty-third installment:
Arrian, a student of Epictetus, wrote eight books, The Discourses of Epictetus, of which four survive. Selections from those eight books were also collected in the Enchiridion, or "Handbook." The... Read more
Twenty-second installment:
Arrian, a student of Epictetus, wrote eight books, The Discourses of Epictetus, of which four survive. Selections from those eight books were also collected in the Enchiridion, or "Handbook." The... Read more
