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Sea Control 586: What Moral Leadership Looks Like with William Spears
Episode 586

Sea Control 586: What Moral Leadership Looks Like with William Spears

Commander William Spears, U.S. Navy, joins the program to discuss his article, “What Moral Leadership Looks Like,” which examines the philosophical approach of Admiral Stockdale during his time as a POW in North Vietnam. Commander William C. Spears is a submarine warfare officer in the U.S. Navy and the author of Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy: Insights on the Morality of Military Service, forthcoming in November by Casemate Publishers. Addison Pellerano edited and produced this episode.

Sea Control · William Spears, Brian Kerg

September 16, 202539m 32sExplicit

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Show Notes

Links

1. "What Moral Leadership Looks Like," by William Spears, CIMSEC, July 16, 2025. 

2. Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy: Insights on the Morality of Military Service, by William Spears, Casemate, 2025.

3. William Spears website.

Topics

maritime securityvietnam