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.
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic devastation of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, which helped bring about the…
Marc LiVecche & Daniel StrandAugust 6, 2020
True North is a new webinar series by Providence editors Marc LiVecche and Daniel Strand exploring the intersection of Christian realism…
Marc LiVecche & Daniel StrandAugust 5, 2020
Next month is the 75th anniversary of the US atomic strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In recognition of the event,…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Wilson MiscambleJuly 23, 2020
In this episode of the Marsksism series, editors Mark Tooley, Marc LiVecche, and Mark Melton discuss recent Providence content, including…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonJuly 17, 2020
In this episode of Marksism, Mark Tooley and Marc LiVecche discuss two articles published in Providence this week. First is…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVeccheJuly 10, 2020
In this episode of Marksism, Mark Tooley and Marc LiVecche discuss Tom Holland’s Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind….
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVeccheJuly 4, 2020
In the sixth episode of Marksism series on June 26, 2020, editors Mark Tooley, Mark Melton, and Marc LiVecche speak…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche & Mark MeltonJune 26, 2020
In the fifth episode of the weekly series of Marksism, Mark Tooley and Marc LiVecche discuss British historian Tom Holland’s…
Mark Tooley & Marc LiVeccheJune 19, 2020
Here is the second part of Marc LiVecche’s talk with Derryck Green. To watch the first part, click here. Christian…
Marc LiVecche & Derryck GreenJune 16, 2020
In the fourth episode of the weekly series of Marksism, editors Mark Tooley, Mark Melton, and Marc LiVecche begin by…
Mark Tooley & Mark Melton & Marc LiVeccheJune 12, 2020