作者: David Whetham

Michael Skerker is a Professor in the Leadership, Ethics, and Law department at the U.S. Naval Academy. His research focuses on police, military, and intelligence ethics. Publications include articles and chapters on ethics and asymmetrical war, collective responsibility, police ethics, intelligence ethics, interrogation/torture, and the book An Ethics of Interrogation (University of Chicago Press, 2010). His most recent book The Moral Status of Combatants: A New Theory of Just War (Routledge, 2020) explores the moral status of combatants fighting in unjust wars. Prof. Skerker is also the co-editor of Sovereignty and the New Executive Authority (Oxford University Press, 2019) and Military Virtues (Howgate Publishing, 2019). Prof. Skerker is on the advisory board of the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group and consults with businesses, law enforcement, and the military.