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Killing by remote control the ethics of an unmanned military

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

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Additional Authors
Strawser, Bradley Jay.
Description
1 online resource (xxv, 264 pages)
Uniform Title
Killing by remote control (Online)
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 (pages 247-259) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2012043807
OCLC
ssj0000871755
Title
Killing by remote control [electronic resource] : the ethics of an unmanned military / edited by Bradley Jay Strawser.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Strawser, Bradley Jay.
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