Author: Morgan Deane

Morgan Deane is a free-lance author, military historian, and former US Marine. He is the author of numerous books and articles including an upcoming examination of the just war historical tradition and the Book of Mormon.

A shelled village street with collapsed walls, drifting smoke, and civilians running toward a shallow ditch as distant artillery flashes. Just War Theory centers the protection of noncombatants in war.

Foreign affairs

Collective Punishment Erases Individual Responsibility

Most agree violence is sometimes just. But what principles can help determine that justification?

Morgan Deane January 26, 2026

Freedom

Loving Neighbors by Standing Up to Their Slaughter

If we are advancing God’s desired peace and love for our Ukrainian brothers and sisters, let’s not overlook the clear scriptural justification for strong intervention as an expression of that same love and desire for peace

Morgan Deane February 28, 2022