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OverviewA look at war ethics in the age of drones and artificial intelligence. Can there be purely defensive or moral wars? In response to this question and others like it, this book offers unique insights into twenty-first-century warfare through the lenses of realism, militarism, and just war theory. This book challenges its readers to consider war from different perspectives and to reevaluate their views on the morality of war. Ethical approaches to war require that we don't value only the lives of 'our' people, as realism asserts; that we don't enforce our sense of justice with weapons, as militarism demands; that force is used only in self-defense, based on the principles of just war theory. The author explores the issue of civilian harm in war, questioning whether the use of so-called precision weapons—celebrated for minimizing risks to soldiers and civilians—and the rapidly developing technology of lethal autonomous weapons are increasing rather than decreasing civilian harm. In engaging with these questions, The Ethics of Remote Warfare highlights the need for new accountability mechanisms that reflect a sense of legal and moral justice. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lily HamourtziadouPublisher: University of Wales Press Imprint: University of Wales Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm ISBN: 9781837721627ISBN 10: 1837721629 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 15 November 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of Contents'Rules-based Orders' by Dr Barry J. Ryan List of Tables Foreword by Sorin Baiasu Introduction: Twenty-first century wars and technology. The changing parameters of conflict within a context of changing global power relations. 1 Three Approaches to Ethics 2 Killing from Afar: The Terror of the Air 3 From the Bomber to the Drone 4 Remote Killing in the War on Terror 5 Remote Killing and the War in Ukraine Conclusion: Remote Warfare and the (New) Ethics of War Notes Select bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationLily Hamourtziadou is a senior lecturer in security at Birmingham City University in the UK, principal researcher and analyst at Iraq Body Count, and a member of the Counter Terrorism Evidence-Based Review Group. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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