Andy Owen

Author, London

Andy Owen is the author of All Soldiers Run Away: Alano’s War: the Story of a British Deserter (2017). He is a former soldier who writes on the ethics and philosophy of war. He lives in London.

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A soldier wearing desert camouflage gear walking through a dry, dusty landscape with low visibility caused by sand.

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War and peace

Reading John Gray in war

As a soldier, I was hard-wired to seek meaning and purpose. Gray’s philosophy helped me unhook from utopia and find peace

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Soldiers in combat gear carrying a wounded comrade through tall grass with a photographer in the background in a jungle.

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Death

The need for an ending

When a person goes missing, in war or in ordinary life, their story is cut off mid-sentence. A death can be easier to bear

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A soldier holding a rifle in a dusty environment with a person in the distance, amid flying debris, and a building nearby.

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Ethics

Ethics on the battlefield

The soldier in battle is confronted with agonising, even impossible, ethical decisions. Could studying philosophy help?

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