Moral responsibility in twenty-first-century warfare : just war theory and the ethical challenges of autonomous weapons systems / Steven C. Roach and Amy E. Eckert [editors].

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Roach, Steven C. (Editor) Eckert, Amy (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Albany : State University of New York, 2020.
Series:SUNY series in ethics and the challenges of contemporary warfare
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction Dual Moral Responsibility and the Ethical Challenges of Twenty-First-Century Warfare
  • Just or Unjust Warfare
  • The Ethical and Moral Challenges of High-Tech Warfare
  • Overview of the Book
  • Note
  • References
  • Part I Just War and Moral Authority
  • Chapter 1 Defending Conventionalist Just War Theory in the Face of Twenty-First-Century Warfare
  • The Changing Nature of War: A Brief Overview
  • Just War Theory: Subordinating Morality to Law
  • Mapping the Debate
  • War, Law, and Ethics
  • Cosmopolitan Institutionalism and the Reform of the Laws of War
  • Legalization and IPT
  • Human Rights and War
  • Conclusion
  • Cases
  • References
  • Chapter 2 The Fantasy of Nonviolence and the End (?) of Just War
  • A Continuum Approach to Violence
  • Just War Theorizing and a Continuum Approach to Violence
  • Everyday Thinking about the Practices of Violence
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Contemporary Nuclear Deterrence Dynamics and the Question of Dual Moral Responsibility
  • Moral Agency and Moral Responsibility: A Conceptual Sketch
  • Moral Agency as Self-Direction
  • Moral Agency as Self-Governance
  • Nuclear Deterrence and the Question of Ceding Autonomy
  • Reviewing Nuclear Deterrence
  • Nuclear Reprisal and the Loss of Agency as Self-Direction
  • Nuclear Deterrence and the Loss of Agency as Self-Governance
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Private Military and Security Companies: Justifying Moral Responsibility through Self-Regulation
  • Establishing the PMSC Discourse
  • The Montreux Document
  • International Code of Conduct
  • International Code of Conduct Association
  • Reframing Media Discourse
  • The Media Label
  • Overcoming the Mercenary Label
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part II Autonomous Weapons Systems and Moral Responsibility
  • Chapter 5 The Rights of (Killer) Robots
  • Standard Operating Presumptions
  • Animals
  • Other Things
  • Instrumental Exclusions
  • Nonhuman Combatants
  • Animal Soldiers
  • Robot Soldiers
  • The Difference That Makes a Difference
  • Solutions and Outcomes
  • Status Quo
  • Reclassification
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 6 No Hands or Many Hands? Deproblematizing the Case for Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
  • Responsibility in War
  • Challenges to Responsibility Attribution in Technologically Enabled Warfare
  • The Alleged Responsibility Gap in Autonomous Warfare
  • Toward a Revised Notion of Responsibility
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 7 Ethical Weapons: A Case for AI in Weapons
  • A Case for Ethical Weapons
  • A Code for Ethical Weapons
  • Ethical Weapons: Mission
  • Ethical Guidelines
  • The Feasibility of Ethical Weapons
  • Competency
  • 1.1.1 Intent
  • Capability
  • 1.1.2 Awareness
  • 1.1.3 Action
  • Authority
  • Responsibility
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References