Camillo Mac Bica
Camillo “Mac” Bica, Ph.D., is an author, activist, and Professor of Philosophy at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His focus is in Social and Political Philosophy and Ethics particularly as it applies to war. Mac is former Marine Corps Officer, Vietnam Veteran, long time activist for peace and social justice and coordinator of Veterans For Peace Long Island. He can be contacted through his website at http://www.camillobica.com.
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Views Sunday, August 02, 2020 Futile Dialogue: What Would Socrates Do? Despite years of Donald Trump's un-presidential, perhaps even criminal behavior, many, if not most of his supporters remain unable and/or unwilling to recognize and condemn his flawed character and incompetence while continuing to maintain their "justifiable outrage" at being deemed "deplorables"... Read more |
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Views Friday, November 09, 2018 A Celebration of Killing and Dying November 10 th is the 242 nd birthday of the United State Marine Corps. It is a time of celebration during which current and former Marines acknowledge the storied history and glorious traditions of the branch of the military in which they so proudly served. I, however, am torn. As a former Marine... Read more |
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Views Sunday, September 30, 2018 Reclaiming Armistice Day: A Day to Perpetuate Peace Following World War One, up until then the bloodiest and most destructive war in the history of humankind, many of the beleaguered belligerent nations resolved, at least temporarily, that such devastation and tragic loss of life must never happen again. In the United States, on June 4, 1926,... Read more |
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Views Sunday, May 27, 2018 Homily for the Slain I believe this should be the last year we “celebrate” Memorial Day. Perhaps this may seem callous or uncaring especially coming from a veteran who served in war and suffered the deaths of friends and comrades, but it is exactly because of my service and my respect for the slain, and the living,... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, May 22, 2018 Rationalizing Genocide Outrage over what has been alleged to be interference by a foreign power in the affairs of this country has led to a profound deterioration of relations with Russia and the unfortunate and tragic renewal of the Cold War. The Main Stream Media, despite the fact that the investigation is ongoing and... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, March 07, 2018 "Why I Won't Give Up My AR15" . . . And Why You Should After so many incidents of unconscionable slaughter in schools, churches, at concerts, etc., perpetrated by deranged individuals “legally” armed with an AR 15, (according to the Guardian, there have been 1,624 mass shootings in 1,870 days), one would expect that reasonable people would agree that... Read more |
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Views Monday, February 26, 2018 I Am a Teacher, Not an Instrument of Violence I am a teacher. My goal is to educate, to open the minds of students to important ideas of past and current thinkers. Among so many other things, I strive to encourage critical thinking, to stimulate awareness, and motivate concern regarding the importance of the social and political justice and... Read more |
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Views Saturday, December 02, 2017 “Thank You for Saving My Son From All the Grief and Pain!” I recently spoke at a conference sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers discussing the moral injury suffered by veterans returning from war. Other speakers included a clinician from the local Veterans Administration Medical Center, a woman Somali veteran and poet, and a panel... Read more |
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Views Sunday, July 23, 2017 Whose "Truth" Matters Most When We Recount the War in Vietnam? Much has been written and many documentaries made about the American War in Vietnam including the highly acclaimed 1983 effort by PBS, Vietnam: A Television History . Though not without its shortcomings, this 13-part documentary series was well crafted, meticulously researched, carefully balanced... Read more |
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Views Sunday, April 02, 2017 Inappropriate Art: "Open Casket" and "Portraits of Courage" As a Professor of philosophy at an art college, I have spent many enjoyable class hours discussing with very talented and enthusiastic art students the nature (definition?) of art and the appropriateness, acceptability, even the ethics, of certain forms of artistic expression. What I’ve come away... Read more |