View the George W. Bush ethical assessment profile
This assessment does not reduce the subject to one moral ranking. Each dimension is scored separately from −100 to +100 and must be read with its evidence and uncertainty.
Scorecard status: Recalculated under multidimensional system
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.
The score evaluates documented public conduct during the stated period. It does not measure inherent human worth, does not constitute a legal verdict and remains open to correction when stronger evidence becomes available.
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.
| Domain | Score | Intensity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consequences | +15.0 | 15.0 | B — high |
| Rights and duties | -45.0 | 45.0 | B — high |
| Virtue and character | -35.0 | 35.0 | B — high |
| Intentions | -40.0 | 40.0 | B — high |
| Care | -35.0 | 35.0 | B — high |
| Justice | -45.0 | 45.0 | B — high |
| Wisdom and judgment | -60.0 | 60.0 | B — high |
| Baseline ethics | -40.0 | 40.0 | B — high |
| Positive pole | Negative pole | Score | Intensity | Confidence | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human dignity | Dehumanisation | -40.0 | 40.0 | B — high | Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Human dignity and Dehumanisation. |
| Care | Neglect | -35.0 | 35.0 | B — high | Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Care and Neglect. |
| Benefit | Harm | +15.0 | 15.0 | B — high | Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Benefit and Harm. |
| Responsibility | Irresponsibility | -40.0 | 40.0 | B — high | Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Responsibility and Irresponsibility. |
| Justice | Injustice | -45.0 | 45.0 | B — high | Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Justice and Injustice. |
| Respect for rights | Violation of rights | -45.0 | 45.0 | B — high | Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Respect for rights and Violation of rights. |
| Restraint | Abuse of power | -35.0 | 35.0 | B — high | Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Restraint and Abuse of power. |
| Prudence | Recklessness | -60.0 | 60.0 | B — high | Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Prudence and Recklessness. |
PEPFAR and international health funding produced major humanitarian benefits.
The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative.
BUSH-C1
The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative. The leadership record produced the assessed balance of public benefit and harm.
BUSH-R1
The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative. The leadership record is assessed for respect for rights, liberty and political freedom.
BUSH-V1
The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative. The leadership record is assessed for restraint, integrity and abuse of authority.
BUSH-I1
The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative. The leadership record is assessed for intention, foreseeability and responsibility.
BUSH-CA1
The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative. The leadership record is assessed for protection, compassion and neglect of those harmed.
BUSH-J1
The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative. The leadership record is assessed for fairness, proportionality and accountability.
BUSH-W1
The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative. The leadership record is assessed for prudence, evidence and foreseeable strategic risk.
BUSH-B1
The Iraq invasion, deficient public justification, detention and interrogation abuses, civilian harm and inadequate post-war planning make the overall record substantially negative. The leadership record is assessed against elementary respect for life and equal human dignity.
Responsibility is attributed only where supported by reliable historical, judicial or official evidence. Allegations are distinguished from final convictions.
Unsupported allegations and conduct not reasonably attributable to the subject were excluded.
No corrections have been recorded.