The Case for Ethical Autonomy in Unmanned Systems

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23322601
AutoresRonald C Arkin (0000-0003-2798-1817, Georgia Institute of Technology, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen9
Número4
Páginas332-341
Fecha de publicación2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Military Ethics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1502-7570 • E-ISSN: 1502-7589
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15027570.2010.536402
OpenAlexW2156977072
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas53
Referencias citadas7

The underlying thesis of the research in ethical autonomy for lethal autonomous unmanned systems is that they will potentially be capable of performing more ethically on the battlefield than are human soldiers. In this article this hypothesis is supported by ongoing and foreseen technological advances and perhaps equally important by an assessment of the fundamental ability of human warfighters in today's battlespace. If this goal of better-than-human performance is achieved, even if still imperfect, it can result in a reduction in noncombatant casualties and property damage consistent with adherence to the Laws of War as prescribed in international treaties and conventions, and is thus worth pursuing vigorously.

Autonomy · Battlefield · Computer security · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Imperfect · Law and economics · Political science · Property (philosophy) · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Free Will and Agency · Law · Torture, Ethics, and Law · War, Ethics, and Justification