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

Includes bibliographies and index.

"Essays that confront the ethical challenges of warfare carried out by artificial intelligence"--

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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