Killing by remote control : the ethics of an unmanned military / edited by Bradley Jay Strawser.

Other author Strawser, Bradley Jay.
Format Book
PublicationOxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Descriptionxxv, 264 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Military robots--Moral and ethical aspects.
Drone aircraft--Moral and ethical aspects.
Robotics--Moral and ethical aspects.
Robotics--Military applications.
Military ethics.

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 & industry : the moral challenges of lethal autonomy / George R. Lucas, Jr -- Autonomous weapons pose no moral problem / Stephen Kershnar.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012043807
ISBN9780199926121 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0199926123 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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