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THE DUTY OF DISSENT: NAVIGATING THE BOUNDARIES OF MILITARY LEGALITY By Janet Kira Lessin, Contributing Author: Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. The integrity of a military force rests not only on its discipline but also on its capacity for moral and legal discernment. While the chain of command is essential for operational success, it is not …
How Free Societies Are Dismantled from Within By Janet Kira Lessin (Primary Author)Contributing Author: Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) THE ORWELLIAN OVERLAY How Free Societies Are Dismantled from Within Article 1 of an 18-Article Series INTRODUCTION George Orwell did not imagine a distant dystopia so much as he described a recurring political and …
FAIR WITNESS: TELLING THE TRUTH WITHOUT CONTROLLING IT How a concept born in science fiction became a quiet force for justice, psychological healing, and moral clarity in a fractured world By Janet Kira LessinCo-Author: Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) 🔧 WORK IN PROGRESS – This article is part of an ongoing series and may …
BEFORE IT BECOMES LAW: A TEST OF HUMANITY What if every law had to pass the kindness test before it passed Congress?By Janet Kira Lessin “It’s legal,” they say.“But is it humane?” I ask. That one question—Is it humane?—may be the single most important challenge we can pose to modern lawmaking. As we witness authoritarianism …