The mission of Core Ethics is to empower all citizens--military personnel, political leaders, and civilians alike--to think more critically about moral issues related to war and the profession of arms.
To the extent that this mission is accomplished, war will become less prevalent, soldiers at war will make better moral judgments, veterans will suffer less from moral injuries, and civilians will be empowered to influence policy and support veterans.
Core Ethics is unique in its approach, leveraging an understanding of moral philosophy, character development, and soldiers' wartime experiences to address war's many moral challenges.
Core Ethics is a single-member LLC founded in 2017 by Pete Kilner, M.A., Ph.D., a retired Army lieutenant colonel who served as an infantry officer and West Point professor over the course of a 27-year military career. He taught courses in ethical reasoning, ethics of war, and officership. He later served six more years at West Point as its Hottell Chair for Character Development.
He is a thought leader in character development, military ethics, moral resilience, and moral injury. Those four topics are deeply interrelated.
Pete executes the mission of Core Ethics by writing, consulting, speaking, facilitating workshops, and developing curriculum. Contact him if you or your organization is interested in thinking deeply about the character development of military personnel, moral issues in war, or moral injury.
