Camillo Mac Bica, Ph.D. Philosopher, Author, Activist
Camillo Mac Bica, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy and ethics at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His philosophical focus is in Applied Ethics, particularly the relation between war, morality, and healing. He is a former Marine Corps officer, and a Service-Connected disabled veteran of the American war in Vietnam. With a focus on Ethics and the war experience, his work on military service and moral injury has been published in a variety of venues including Truthout, Common Dreams, AlterNet, Historians for Peace and Democracy, the International Journal of Applied Philosophy, the Journal of Social Philosophy, Public Affairs Quarterly, the Peace Review, and The Humanist. His most recent books include "Worthy of Gratitude: Why Veterans May Not Want to be Thanked For Their "Service" in War;" and "Beyond PTSD: The Moral Casualties of War," "There Are No Flowers in a War Zone" (Gnosis Press, 2019), and Morality and Military Service (Gnosis Press, Fall, 2020). He is a long time activist for peace and justice, a member of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and Coordinator of the Long Island Chapter of Veterans for Peace.
