Marc LiVecche is the McDonald Distinguished Scholar of Ethics, War, and Public Life at Providence. He is also a non-resident research fellow at the US Naval War College, in the College of Leadership and Ethics.
Marc completed doctoral studies, earning distinction, at the University of Chicago, where he worked under the supervision of the political theorist and public intellectual Jean Bethke Elshtain, until her death in August, 2013. His first book, The Good Kill: Just War & Moral Injury, was published in 2021 by Oxford University Press. Another project, Responsibility and Restraint: James Turner Johnson and the Just War Tradition, co-edited with Eric Patterson, was published by Stone Tower Press in the fall of 2020. Currently, he is finalizing Moral Horror: A Just War Defense of Hiroshima. Before all this academic stuff, Marc spent twelve years doing a variety of things in Central Europe—ranging from helping build sport and recreational leagues in post-communist communities, to working at a Christian study and research center, to leading seminars on history and ethics onsite at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camp in Poland. This latter experience allowed him to continue his undergraduate study of the Shoah; a process which rendered him entirely ill-suited for pacifism.
Marc lives in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife and children–and a marmota monax whistlepigging under the shed. He can be followed, or stalked, on twitter @mlivecche. Additional publications can be found at his Amazon author page.
In this episode of Marksism, the editors discuss Matthew Yglesias’ One Billion Americans and whether the US needs a larger…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonOctober 23, 2020
In this latest episode of True North, Marc LiVecche continues a series of discussions on the morality of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 75 years ago.
Marc LiVecche & George WeigelOctober 23, 2020
In this week’s episode, the editors discuss some of Providence‘s recent articles—including on Pope Francis’ Fratelli Tutti and his views…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonOctober 16, 2020
In this week’s episode of Marksism, the editors discuss Mark Tooley’s conversation with Matthew Lee Anderson about justice, Kennedy Lee’s…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonOctober 9, 2020
Phil Klay is an author and veteran of the US Marine Corps. His short story collection Redeployment won the 2014…
Marc LiVeccheOctober 6, 2020
In this episode of Marksism, the editors discuss the latest articles, including one about Comrade Duch, who committed atrocities in…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonOctober 2, 2020
Rough Transcript Tooley: …to post that online along with a transcript. So, if you have to check out early don’t…
Marc LiVecche & Daniel Strand & Eric PattersonSeptember 29, 2020
This week Mark Tooley, Marc LiVecche, and Mark Melton discuss Providence’s latest content, including Eric Patterson’s article describing eight principles…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonSeptember 25, 2020
In the weekly Marksism series, Mark Tooley, Mark Melton, and Marc LiVecche discuss the latest content from the week. First,…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonSeptember 18, 2020
In this episode Marksism, editors Mark Tooley, Mark Melton, and Marc LiVecche discuss the September 11th terrorist attacks, retribution in…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonSeptember 11, 2020