Most significant positive evidence
PEPFAR and international health funding produced major humanitarian benefits.
Person
George W. Bush
The assessment covers The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative.
This is a contemporary assessment current to 26 June 2026. It must be revised as later conduct and evidence become available.
Ethical assessment categories
Current published result
Overall ethical score
-36.25
Reasoned summary
PEPFAR and international health funding produced major humanitarian benefits. However, The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative.
This assessment presents six separate ethical dimensions rather than one overall moral score. Each result must be read with its evidence, plausible range, confidence, disputes, exclusions, severe-harm findings and sources.
Most significant negative evidence
The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative.
Read the full George W. Bush ethical assessment, evidence and sources
Six-dimensional ethical profile
The overall figure is the equal-weight average of the applicable dimensions. It does not replace the separate scores, evidence or uncertainty.
- Personal moral conduct
- -40.00
- Rights and dignity
- -45.00
- Nonviolence and harm
- -35.00
- Stewardship of power
- -35.00
- Wisdom and truthfulness
- -50.00
- Consequential legacy
- -12.50
- Severe-harm record
- No separate finding recorded
Assessment history
Ethical assessment: George W. Bush (2001–2009)
2001–2009 · Published assessment · reviewed June 26, 2026
Result: Six-dimensional ethical profile