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].
"Essays that confront the ethical challenges of warfare carried out by artificial intelligence"-- Provided by publisher.
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Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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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