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.
American national interests and our willingness to spend power for global common good are more closely aligned than many seem to believe.
Marc LiVeccheSeptember 29, 2022
American audiences are still hungry for cinematic portrayals of the old virtues: patriotism, heroism, courage, and self-sacrifice
Marc LiVeccheSeptember 22, 2022
While a nation’s primary obligation is to its own citizens, our moral tradition demands that we cultivate the power to help where we can
Marc LiVeccheSeptember 17, 2022
The latest cinematic reimagining of Tolkien’s universe suggests surprising depth, presenting high adventure with ideas of enduring import
Marc LiVeccheSeptember 9, 2022
Providence’s Marc LiVecche speaks with Joe Chapa, his Air Force pilot, about his new book Is Remote Warfare Moral?
Marc LiVeccheSeptember 2, 2022
Marc LiVecche outlines the Principles of Christian Realism, Part 2.
Marc LiVeccheAugust 25, 2022
Marc LiVecche speaks on the Principles of Christian Realism, Part 1.
Marc LiVeccheAugust 19, 2022
The Reaper combines mission effectiveness and non-combatant immunity that is unachievable in many, if not most, battlefield scenarios.
Marc LiVeccheAugust 4, 2022
Frightened or not, the good must stand between the innocent and the wolves.
Marc LiVeccheJuly 13, 2022
The last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War 2 has died. May his memory linger long in our consciousness.
Marc LiVeccheJuly 1, 2022