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Killing by remote control : the ethics of an unmanned military

Title
Killing by remote control : the ethics of an unmanned military / edited by Bradley Jay Strawser.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

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Additional Authors
Strawser, Bradley Jay.
Description
xxv, 264 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Military robots > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Drone aircraft > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Robotics > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Robotics > Military applications
  • Military ethics
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Just war theory and the permissibility to kill by remote control. Introduction: The moral landscape of unmanned weapons / Bradley Jay Strawser -- Just war theory and remote military technology: a primer / Matthew W. Hallgarth -- Distinguishing drones: an exchange / Asa Kasher and Avery Plaw -- The ethics of drone employment. Drones and targeted killing: angels or assassins? / David Whetham -- War without virtue? / Robert Sparrow -- Robot guardians: teleoperated combat vehicles in humanitarian military intervention / Zack Beauchamp and Julian Savulescu -- Counting the dead: the proportionality of predation in Pakistan / Avery Plaw -- The Wizard of Oz goes to war: unmanned systems in counterinsurgency / Rebecca J. Johnson -- Killing them safely: extreme asymmetry and its discontents / Uwe Steinhoff -- Autonomous drones and the future of unmanned weaponry. Engineering, ethics and industry: the moral challenges of lethal autonomy / George R. Lucas Jr. -- Autonomous weapons pose no moral problem / Stephen Kershnar.
Call Number
JFE 13-4366
ISBN
  • 9780199926121 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0199926123 (hbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012043807
OCLC
YBP 2012043807
Title
Killing by remote control : the ethics of an unmanned military / edited by Bradley Jay Strawser.
Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Strawser, Bradley Jay.
Research Call Number
JFE 13-4366
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