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Author: Dan Saxon
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2021-12-03
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0812253558
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book addresses the relationship between lethal autonomous weapon systems, human dignity, and international law. Its central thesis is that the delegation of human responsibility for moral judgments to lethal autonomous weapon systems erodes human dignity and, consequently, international law"--
Author: Catherine Chambers
Publisher: Hungry Tomato ®
Published: 2016-01-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1512407062
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn battlefields throughout history, devastating engines of war have helped armies clinch victories and preserve empires. Stand back and witness massive engines of war wreaking havoc against the enemy through vibrant illustrations and fascinating facts.
Author: Dan Saxon
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2021-12-03
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0812298187
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLethal autonomous weapons are weapon systems that can select and destroy targets without intervention by a human operator. Fighting Machines explores the relationship between lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS), the concept of human dignity, and international law. Much of this analysis speaks to three fundamental and related problems: When a LAWS takes a human life, is that killing a violation of human dignity? Can states and non-state actors use LAWS in accordance with international law? And are there certain responsibilities of human decision-making during wartime that we should not delegate to machines? In the book, Dan Saxon argues that the use of LAWS to take human life constitutes a violation of human dignity. Rather than concentrating on the victims of the use of lethal force, Saxon instead focuses on the technology and relevant legal principles and rules to advance several propositions. First, as LAWS operate at increasingly greater speeds, their use will undermine the opportunities for, and the value of, human reasoning and judgment. Second, by transferring responsibility for reasoning and judgment about the use of lethal force to computer software, the use of LAWS violates the dignity of the soldiers, commanders, and law enforcement officers who historically have made such decisions, and, therefore, breaches international law. Third, weapon designs that facilitate teamwork between humans and autonomous systems are necessary to ensure that humans and LAWS can operate interdependently so that individuals can fulfil their obligations under international law—including the preservation of their own dignity—and ensure that human reasoning and judgment are available for cognitive functions better suited to humans than machines. Fighting Machines speaks to the fields of international humanitarian law, human rights, criminal law, and legal philosophy. It will also be of interest to non-lawyers, especially military officers, government policy makers, political scientists, and international relations scholars, as well as roboticists and ethicists.
Author: Jane Shuter
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2004-04
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9781410909824
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGet ready to Travel Through Time. From the first warships to modern fighter planes, you can discover what travel in wartime was really like in the past. So start your engine and find out how military vehicles have changed from chariots and galleys to the present day.
Author: Manuel De Landa
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author aims to show how the emergence of intelligent and autonomous bombs and missiles equipped with artificial perception and decision-making capabilities represents a profound historical shift in the relation of human beings both to machines and to information.
Author: Danny Hoffman
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2011-09-16
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0822350777
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on ethnographic research among militias in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Danny Hoffman considers how young men are made available for violent labor on battlefields and in dangerous unregulated industries.
Author: Catherine Chambers
Publisher: Hungry Tomato (R)
Published: 2016-01-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1467793582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFascinating facts and realistic artwork describe a variety of machines used on battlefields throughout history.
Author: Paul J. Springer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2018-02-16
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 144083086X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMilitary robots are affecting both the decision to go to war and the means by which wars are conducted. This book covers the history of military robotics, analyzes their current employment, and examines the ramifications of their future utilization. Robotic systems are the future of military conflicts: their development is already revolutionizing the nature of human conflict-and eroding the standards of acceptable behavior in wartime. Written by a professor who teaches strategy and leadership for the U.S. Air Force, one of the global leaders in the development and utilization of military robots, this book both addresses the history of military robotics and discusses the troubling future ramifications of this game-changing technology. Organized both chronologically and thematically, the book's chapters describe the development and evolution of unmanned warfare; clarify the past, current, and future capabilities of military robotics; and offer a detailed and convincing argument that limits should be placed upon their development before it is too late. This standout work presents an eye-opening analysis that military personnel, civil servants, and academic instructors who teach military history, social policy, and ethics can ill afford to ignore, and will also provide the general public with information that will correct misconceptions about military robotics derived through popular culture and the news media.
Author: Charles E. Gannon
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780742540354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis provocative and unique work reveals the remarkably influential role of futuristic literature on contemporary political power in America. Tracing this phenomenon from its roots in Victorian Britain, Rumors of War and Infernal Machines offers a fascinating exploration of how fictional speculations on emergent or imaginary military technologies profoundly influence the political agendas and actions of modern superpower states. Gannon convincingly demonstrates that military fiction anticipated and even influenced the evolution of the tank, the development of the airplane, and also the bitter political battles within Britain's War Office and the Admiralty. In the United States, future-fictions and Cold-War thrillers were an officially acknowledged factor in the Pentagon's research and development agendas, and often gave rise_and shape_to the nation's strategic development of technologies as diverse as automation, atomic weaponry, aerospace vehicles, and the Strategic Defense Initiative ('Star Wars'). His book reveals a striking relationship between the increasing political influence of speculative military fiction and the parallel rise of superpower states and their technocentric ideologies. With its detailed political, historical, and literary analysis of U.S. and British fascination with hi-tech warfare, this lively and revealing study will appeal to students, literary and cultural scholars, military and history enthusiasts, and general readers.
Author: Bill Gunston
Publisher: TickTock Books
Published: 2005-09
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9781860075711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStep aboard the fastest, sleekest crafts - from submarines to jet planes; ships to tanks - in this fact-fuelled exploration of the many vehicles that keep us safe.
