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Ethics and Autonomous Weapons
Alex Leveringhaus
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Description for Ethics and Autonomous Weapons
Hardback. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JWA; JWM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
307g
Number of Pages
131
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137523600
SKU
V9781137523600
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99-15
About Alex Leveringhaus
Alex Leveringhaus is a Research Associate at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC), Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. He is also a James Martin Fellow at the Oxford Martin School. Prior to these positions, he held a joint appointment as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at ELAC and the 3TU Centre for Ethics ... Read more
Reviews for Ethics and Autonomous Weapons
Alex Leveringhaus' book is therefore timely. ... I found Ethics and Autonomous Weapons an interesting and stimulating book, and I have no hesitation in recommending it. And I applaud anyone who writes about weapons research and related matters. (John Forge, Metascience, June, 2017)