Marcus Hedahl, Ph.D.

NE203 Professor 

•  Phone: (410) 293-6031
•  E-mail: hedahl@usna.edu
•   Department of Leadership, Ethics, Law, Luce Hall (Mail Stop 7-B) 112 Cooper Road Annapolis, MD 21402-5022

Marcus Hedahl is a Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law at the United States Naval Academy.

A former Major in the U.S. Air Force, Dr. Hedahl has previously served as Chief, Mission Management within the Imagery Directorate at the National Reconnaissance Office. He holds a B.S. in Physics from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Georgetown University. He also served as a Dahrendorf Research Officer at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

His research investigates the ethical challenges of acting together, often through the lens of Stoicism. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles including, “Crying Havok and (Re-)Claiming Rights: How the Liabilities of Revisionism & the Just War Tradition Alter the Moral Equality of Combatants,” “Sharing Values,” “Unaccountable: The current state of private military and security companies,” and “Progress and Perfection: Towards a more nuanced understanding of Stoic Progress.” He is currently working on a book entitled Becoming Stoic.