Emerging Military Technologies - International Studies on Military Ethics by Bernhard Koch & Richard Schoonhoven Hardcover

About the Book

In this volume, internationally renowned researchers attempt to address the fundamental and applied ethical and legal problems posed by emerging military technologies and present their insights.

Book Synopsis

The speed of technological change is demonstrated not least by the new military technologies that are in use or are currently being developed. For example, the use of remote-controlled and semi-autonomous weapons systems has long been standard in the armed forces, and advances in artificial intelligence mean that more "decision-making " can be expected to be transferred to the machines used by the military. But not everything that is technologically possible is ethically justifiable.
This volume, which brings together contributions to an annual conference of the European Chapter of the International Society for Military Ethics, attempts to address the ethical and legal problems posed by emerging military technologies. In a number of exciting essays, internationally renowned researchers present their insights.

About the Author

Bernhard Koch, Dr. (2006), Institute for Theology and Peace, its deputy director, is a Philosopher and teaches Ethics at the universities of Frankfurt/Main and Freiburg/Breisgau. He has mainly published on Ancient Philosophy and on Ethics of Technology.

Richard Schoonhoven, Dr. (2000), is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His main research interests are in the Philosophy of Science and Military Ethics.