The Soldier-Citizen-Sapiens Project

The Soldier-Citizen-Sapiens Project: Two Years Later

Forging an Ethic of Three Duties

In establishing this forum, we seek to explore issues of social and cultural importance, provoking you to thought and deliberate participation. We are giving shape to an ethic based on three interrelated duties:

• The duty of the Soldier to serve and defend others, taking responsibility for actions that others dare not do.

• The duty of the Citizen to actively participate and cooperate with others in a social state.

• The duty of the Sapien to love and respect all of humanity and to value sacred human life.
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Fixing the Army (In Seven Easy Blog Posts)

Last month, Tom Ricks’ daily national security blog hosted a guest blogger who uses the pseudonym of a classical Roman satirist to lay out 66 bullets for “fixing the Army.” The reform points range from the simple (such as Army soldiers mowing their own lawns) to the extreme (downgrade all general-level commands to three-star commands). … Read more

Filed under Commentary, Featured, S.C.S. Newslinks · Tagged with Fixing the Army, Military Policy, Military Reform, Profession of Arms

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“Exceptional Americans”: Is The Military’s Disdain For Civilians Sustainable?

Last year, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (who was serving at that time) delivered a speech at Duke University, illustrating what he felt was an emerging division between the military and American civilians. The speech was widely reported as a criticism of Americans whom had grown “detached” from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gates … Read more

Filed under Commentary, Ethic · Tagged with Civilian Control of the Military, Civilian-Military Relationship, Marcus Luttrell, Michael Mullen, Military, Professional Military Ethic, Professionalism, Stanley McChrystal, Vietnam War

Remarks on Thomas Jefferson’s Most Famous Blog Post Ever: The Declaration of Independence

The 4th of July is an occasion for fireworks, donning star-spangled handkerchiefs around your neck, and – of course – commemorating the very famous act of high treason committed against the crown of England by the original thirteen American colonies. It was on this day 235 years ago that 56 delegates from the American colonies … Read more

Filed under Ethic · Tagged with Declaration of Independence, Human Rights, Independence, Natural Law, Rebellion, Thomas Jefferson

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