Military robots mapping the moral landscape

Philosophers have wrestled over the morality and ethics of war for nearly as long as human beings have been waging it. The death and destruction that unmanned warfare entails magnifies the moral and ethical challenges we face in conventional warfare and everyday society. Intrinsically linked are que...

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Main Author: Galliott, Jai (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Routledge Ashgate 2015
Series:Military and defence ethics
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The rise of unmanned systems
  • Justifications for the employment of unmanned systems
  • Just unmanned warfare : old rules for new wars?
  • Unmanned warfare : technological and operational dimensions
  • Unmanned warfare: the moral costs of changing mindsets
  • The asymmetry objection
  • Unmanned systems and war's end : prospects for lasting peace
  • The responsibility gap
  • Conclusion