As Army officers, we used to talk all these hypothetical scenarios about being given unlawful and unethical orders and what you’d do.
If you’re in the Navy, it’s not hypothetical anymore. You’re being told to kill people you have no legal authority to kill. You’re being told to commit murder.
If you’re in the Navy, it’s not hypothetical anymore. You’re being told to kill people you have no legal authority to kill. You’re being told to commit murder.
September 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The lawless killing spree continues.
Do not become inured.
This is premeditated killing outside of armed conflict.
We call that murder.
Do not become inured.
This is premeditated killing outside of armed conflict.
We call that murder.
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We’re already at the point where the Joint Chiefs should’ve resigned their commissions in protest.
Maybe it puts me on the outs with lawyers and defense people, but there is no scenario in which U.S. military officers should carry out orders to attack a NATO ally. They should disobey and elected Democrats should back them up.
Nazi orders were also lawful and "just following" them was no excuse.
Nazi orders were also lawful and "just following" them was no excuse.
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Particularly in light of SecDef’s past disparagement of the Geneva Conventions and public advocacy on behalf of accused war criminals.
Firing all the JAGs is very very bad
February 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
....different kinds of agency and responsibilities. Chapter 5 in #RethinkingMilitaryHonor
#Agency #MilitaryEthics #JustWarThinking #Walzer
#Agency #MilitaryEthics #JustWarThinking #Walzer
May 16, 2026 at 9:31 PM
....different kinds of agency and responsibilities. Chapter 5 in #RethinkingMilitaryHonor
#Agency #MilitaryEthics #JustWarThinking #Walzer
#Agency #MilitaryEthics #JustWarThinking #Walzer
1- Just Cause
2- Legitimate Authority
3- Proportionality of Ends
4- Reasonable Chance of Success
5- Public Declaration
6- Last Resort
7- Just Intention
#JustWarThinking #jusadbellum #deliberation #MilitaryEthics #Profession
2- Legitimate Authority
3- Proportionality of Ends
4- Reasonable Chance of Success
5- Public Declaration
6- Last Resort
7- Just Intention
#JustWarThinking #jusadbellum #deliberation #MilitaryEthics #Profession
February 28, 2026 at 1:01 PM
1- Just Cause
2- Legitimate Authority
3- Proportionality of Ends
4- Reasonable Chance of Success
5- Public Declaration
6- Last Resort
7- Just Intention
#JustWarThinking #jusadbellum #deliberation #MilitaryEthics #Profession
2- Legitimate Authority
3- Proportionality of Ends
4- Reasonable Chance of Success
5- Public Declaration
6- Last Resort
7- Just Intention
#JustWarThinking #jusadbellum #deliberation #MilitaryEthics #Profession
#JustWarThinking with leopard and cowboy boots.
January 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#JustWarThinking with leopard and cowboy boots.
And immoral! (See #JustWarThinking #EthicsofCare to start)
Very illegal
How illegal was the invasion of Venezuela? What's next for Maduro? And why are we talking about Bill Barr in the year 2026?
@bcfinucane.bsky.social joined me and @andrewtorrez.bsky.social to explain it all
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January 7, 2026 at 3:57 AM
And immoral! (See #JustWarThinking #EthicsofCare to start)
1. Just Cause
2. Legitimate Authority
3. Proportionality of Ends
4. Reasonable Chance of Success
5. Last Resort
6. Public Declaration
(7. Just Intention)
#JustWarThinking #jusadbellum
2. Legitimate Authority
3. Proportionality of Ends
4. Reasonable Chance of Success
5. Last Resort
6. Public Declaration
(7. Just Intention)
#JustWarThinking #jusadbellum
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
1. Just Cause
2. Legitimate Authority
3. Proportionality of Ends
4. Reasonable Chance of Success
5. Last Resort
6. Public Declaration
(7. Just Intention)
#JustWarThinking #jusadbellum
2. Legitimate Authority
3. Proportionality of Ends
4. Reasonable Chance of Success
5. Last Resort
6. Public Declaration
(7. Just Intention)
#JustWarThinking #jusadbellum
Today I had fun talking about #JustWarThinking. A day 7 years in the making.
Lesson: Diva is stubborn.
Lesson: Diva is stubborn.
January 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today I had fun talking about #JustWarThinking. A day 7 years in the making.
Lesson: Diva is stubborn.
Lesson: Diva is stubborn.
Pardoning war crimes and dismissing the significance of civilian casualties does serious long-term damage to a military culture and actually renders it less effective to do its job.
January 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
December 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I understand #moralinjury and understandable human feelings. But this is precisely why #JustWarThinking matters. To keep us from acting on feelings, greed, interests, and fear alone to take the lives and destroy others.
We know what this looks like in a domestic context and it's wrong. Same here.
We know what this looks like in a domestic context and it's wrong. Same here.
March 2, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I understand #moralinjury and understandable human feelings. But this is precisely why #JustWarThinking matters. To keep us from acting on feelings, greed, interests, and fear alone to take the lives and destroy others.
We know what this looks like in a domestic context and it's wrong. Same here.
We know what this looks like in a domestic context and it's wrong. Same here.
Last skeet is exactly why #JustWarThinking exists.
June 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Last skeet is exactly why #JustWarThinking exists.
See Michael Walzer and others on this distinction as an ethical matter. #JustWarThinking. (Last reskeet)
June 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
See Michael Walzer and others on this distinction as an ethical matter. #JustWarThinking. (Last reskeet)