Ethics and Autonomous Weapons / Alex Leveringhaus
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TextPublication details: Oxford, UK Palgrave Macmillan 2016Edition: 1st edDescription: vii, 131p. : ill. ; 22cmISBN: - 9781137523600
- 23rd Ed. 355 LEV
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About this book
This book is amongst the first academic treatments of the emerging debate on autonomous weapons. Autonomous weapons are capable, once programmed, of searching for and engaging a target without direct intervention by a human operator. Critics of these weapons claim that ‘taking the human out-of-the-loop’ represents a further step towards the de-humanisation of warfare, while advocates of this type of technology contend that the power of machine autonomy can potentially be harnessed in order to prevent war crimes. This book provides a thorough and critical assessment of these two positions. Written by a political philosopher at the forefront of the autonomous weapons debate, the book clearly assesses the ethical and legal ramifications of autonomous weapons, and presents a novel ethical argument against fully autonomous weapons.
Table of Contents:
Front Matter
Pages i-vii
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Ethics and the Autonomous Weapons Debate
Alex Leveringhaus
Pages 1-30
Autonomous Weaponry: Conceptual Issues
Alex Leveringhaus
Pages 31-58
From Warfare Without Humans to Warfare Without Responsibility?
Alex Leveringhaus
Pages 59-87
Human Agency and Artificial Agency in War
Alex Leveringhaus
Pages 89-117
Conclusion
Alex Leveringhaus
Pages 119-123
Back Matter
Pages 125-131
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