Ethics and Autonomous Weapons
| Autor: | Leveringhaus, Alex |
|---|---|
| EAN: | 9781137523600 |
| Auflage: | 2016 |
| Sachgruppe: | Medien, Kommunikation |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 131 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 06.01.2015 |
| Schlagworte: | Politics / Current Events |
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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 '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.