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

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series SUNY series in ethics and the challenges of contemporary warfare
SUNY series in ethics and the challenges of contemporary warfare.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "Essays that confront the ethical challenges of warfare carried out by artificial intelligence"-- Provided by publisher.
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
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Subject Military weapons -- Technological innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Military weapons -- Technological innovations.
Military weapons.
Weapons systems -- Technological innovations -- United States.
United States.
Weapons systems.
Artificial intelligence -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Artificial intelligence -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Artificial intelligence.
Weapons systems -- Technological innovations.
Military robotics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Roach, Steven C., editor.
Eckert, Amy, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Moral responsibility in the twenty-first century Albany : State University of New York, 2020. 9781438480015 (DLC) 2020001177
ISBN 1438480024
9781438480022 (electronic book)
9781438480015 (hardcover)