Stockdale Debates
Conversations, Point Papers and Debates covering ethical leadership issues relevant to military operations, national security and domestic politics.
The opinions expressed in these posts are the authors’, and do not represent those of the Stockdale Center, Navy or Department of Defense.
The Enhanced Warfighter: Promise and Peril
I. Introduction In the science fiction novel Starship Troopers, author Robert Heinlein, a graduate and later English professor here at the Naval Academy, envisioned a
Embracing the Future: Overcoming Path Dependence and Risk Aversion in AI Adoption
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
Grappling with Philosophy
Introduction If there has been one constant thread running through my personal and professional life, it has been my dual devotion to grappling and philosophy.1
Forged in Tradition: The Chief’s Season and the Making of Enlisted Leaders
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
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
Like Spartans
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
Does Terminator Have Rights?
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
Great Power, Responsibility, and Killing in War
[T]he current surge … in robotic warfare is being driven by the promise of efficiency and control and the hunger for what militaries have tasted
The Enhanced Warfighter: Promise and Peril
Embracing the Future: Overcoming Path Dependence and Risk Aversion in AI Adoption
Grappling with Philosophy
Forged in Tradition: The Chief’s Season and the Making of Enlisted Leaders
Leveraging Coaching to Support Midshipmen: A Research Review