Governing Military Technologies in the 21st Century: Ethics and Operations
Governing Military Technologies in the 21st Century: Ethics and Operations

Author: R. O'Meara

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-10-23

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1137449179

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Governing Military Technologies in the 21st Century is one of the first books to tackle the big five technological threats all in one place: nanotech, robotics, cyberwar, human enhancement, and, non-lethal weapons, weaving a historical, legal, and sociopolitical fabric into a discussion of their development, deployment, and, potential regulation.

Ethics and Cyber Warfare
Ethics and Cyber Warfare

Author: George R. Lucas

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0190276525

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"State sponsored hacktivism" constitutes a wholly new alternative to conventional armed conflict. This book explores the ethical and legal dimensions of this "soft" mode warfare grounded in a broad revisionist approach to military ethics and "just war theory" that results in a new code of ethics for today's "cyber warriors."

Martin Heidegger on Technology, Ecology, and the Arts
Martin Heidegger on Technology, Ecology, and the Arts

Author: A. Lack

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-04

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1137487453

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Lack begins with a discussion of Max Weber's analysis of the disenchantment of the world and proceeds to develop Heidegger's philosophy in a way that suggests a "re-enchantment" of the world that faces the modern condition squarely, without nostalgia.

Technology of Oppression
Technology of Oppression

Author: E. Cohen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-10-17

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1137408219

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In the aftermath of the Edward Snowden leaks, the Obama administration has been hard pressed to yield to greater transparency and openness to constructive change. This book provides a catalyst toward greater transparency, increased public awareness of the urgent need for constructive change, and the insight into what such change would require.

The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture
The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture

Author: Ayman A. El-Desouky

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-13

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1137392444

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The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture uses the notion of am?ra – the Egyptian concept of collective and connective agency – to explore the relationship between the Egyptian intellectual and 'the people' in contemporary Egyptian literature and culture.

Religious Liberties for Corporations?
Religious Liberties for Corporations?

Author: D. Gans

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-07

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1137479701

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An expanded version of a series of debates between the authors, this book examines the nature of corporate rights, especially with respect to religious liberty, in the context of the controversial Hobby Lobby case from the Supreme Court's 2013-14 term.

Migration and Regional Integration in West Africa
Migration and Regional Integration in West Africa

Author: Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-20

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1137479531

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This book explores the processes of migration and integration within the West African sub-region and unearths subsisting promises and failures of the ECOWAS' intent of transmuting the sub-region into a single socio-economic (and political) entity.

The Formation of the BRICS and its Implication for the United States
The Formation of the BRICS and its Implication for the United States

Author: M. Schaefer

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-20

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1137387947

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Schaefer and Poffenbarger assess whether the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are attempting to balance US power and analyze the United States' responses to the creation of this IGO through a mix of theoretical and policy-focused approaches.

Interviewing Rape Victims
Interviewing Rape Victims

Author: Karen Rich

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-11-04

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1137353236

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This study presents a unique overview of the cultural, social and practical aspects of interviewing rape victims. Exploring a range of issues that affect rape cases including discourse, gender, attitudes and victim's rights, Rich reveals the complexities of sexual assault and looks to how communities can work to respond to and combat such violence.

Simulating Security Returns
Simulating Security Returns

Author: Giovanni Barone Adesi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-10-14

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1137465557

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Practitioners in risk management are familiar with the use of the FHS (filtered historical simulation) to finding realistic simulations of security returns. This approach has become increasingly popular over the last fifteen years, as it is both flexible and reliable, and is now being accepted in the academic community. Simulating Security Returns is a useful guide for researchers, students, and practitioners. It uses the FHS approach to help simulate the returns of large portfolios of securities. While other simulation methods use the covariance matrix of security returns, which suffers the curse of dimensionality even for modest portfolios, Barone Adesi demonstrates how FHS can accurately adjust to current market conditions.