The Foundational Values presentation is designed as a training for trainers. The initial implementation was in a Basic Combat Training battalion with drill sergeants serving as the primary audience to be certified in Foundational Values.
Read MoreFoundational Values - Character Development in Basic Combat Training
A trainee-focused moral leadership and character development program designed to integrate into a ten-week Basic Combat Training Cycle. Foundational Values uses the Army Values, self-reflection, and the idea of The Golden Mean from Aristotelian virtue ethics to help trainees develop the character necessary to help them be successful soldiers and human beings.
Foundational Values is an expansion and application of the Values as Virtues moral leadership training presentation.
Presentation - Values as Virtues Moral Leadership Training
This presentation was used as a training tool for Unit Ministry Teams and uses video clips as training aids to drive home the content from the Values as Virtues framework.
Read MoreDissertation - Values as Virtues
The purpose of this project was based on the premise that chaplains need additional tools to adequately conduct moral leadership training as stipulated in Army doctrine. The project involved the development and testing of the Ethical Assessment Survey and Values as Virtue framework based on Aristotle’s golden mean. The project objectives included validating and testing the survey and framework through gathering a set of sample data from chaplains and other Army leaders.
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Dialectical Materialism, Karl Marx, and Christianity
The ideas of Karl Marx have proven to be resilient. But why? A cursory glance at current events or a history book reveals the dangers of Marxism and the totalitarian bent it inspires. Marx presents a fundamentally optimistic view of humanity. Yes, there will be conflict along the way, but humanity will rise above it and will ultimately achieve a utopia where all are equal. Even if it is unrealistic, this message is appealing and enduring. Redemption comes from human striving and is always just one more revolution away from being realized. Christianity also presents an optimistic hope for humanity but is more realistic about human nature than the materialism of Marx.
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