β Scribed by Alex Leveringhaus (auth.)
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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 βtaking the human out-of-the-loopβ 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.
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Ethics and the Autonomous Weapons Debate....Pages 1-30
Autonomous Weaponry: Conceptual Issues....Pages 31-58
From Warfare Without Humans to Warfare Without Responsibility?....Pages 59-87
Human Agency and Artificial Agency in War....Pages 89-117
Conclusion....Pages 119-123
Back Matter....Pages 125-131
Military and Defence Studies; Conflict Studies; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict
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