Michael Skerker
Biographic Data
| ID | 1629098 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Skerker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Skerker |
| SIGNATURE | SKERKER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Naval Academy |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0042-6701 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Spying Through a Glass Darkly
Autonomous weapons systems and the moral equality of combatants
Unreliable Protection
The proportionality principle is an international humanitarian law requirement intended to constrain the use of military force in order to protect civilians in armed conflicts. This research experimentally assesses the reliability of its application by legal and moral experts (in 11 countries), by military officers (in two countries) and by laypeople. Reliability was evaluated according to three criteria: inter-expert convergence; sensitivity to …
Morality and War
Journal Article Morality and War: Can War Be Just in the Twenty-first Century? By David Fisher Get access Morality and War: Can War Be Just in the Twenty-first Century? By David Fisher. Oxford University Press, 2011. 320 pages. $45.00. Michael Skerker Michael Skerker Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law,U.S. Naval Academy [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy…
An Ethics of Interrogation
Turn on your television and you're bound to run across the concept of interrogation, whether it's on CNN or CSI. But despite daily mentions of the practice in the media, you're unlikely to find informed commentary on its moral implications. Moving beyond the narrow focus on torture that has characterized most work on the subject, An Ethics of Interrogation is the first book to fully address this complex issue. In doing so Michael Skerker confront…
Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach and Religion
An assessment of Martha Nussbaum's capabilities approach with respect to religion. I contend that her contribution to John Rawls's project of political-liberalism would be less accommodating of religion, specifically illiberal religions, than it desires to be. This feature weakens the capabilities approach as a foundation for inclusive and stable political institutions in pluralistic societies
Unreliable Protection
The proportionality principle is an international humanitarian law requirement intended to constrain the use of military force in order to protect civilians in armed conflicts. This research experimentally assesses the reliability of its application by legal and moral experts (in 11 countries), by military officers (in two countries) and by laypeople. Reliability was evaluated according to three criteria: inter-expert convergence; sensitivity to …
Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach and Religion
An assessment of Martha Nussbaum's capabilities approach with respect to religion. I contend that her contribution to John Rawls's project of political-liberalism would be less accommodating of religion, specifically illiberal religions, than it desires to be. This feature weakens the capabilities approach as a foundation for inclusive and stable political institutions in pluralistic societies
Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach and Religion
An assessment of Martha Nussbaum's capabilities approach with respect to religion. I contend that her contribution to John Rawls's project of political-liberalism would be less accommodating of religion, specifically illiberal religions, than it desires to be. This feature weakens the capabilities approach as a foundation for inclusive and stable political institutions in pluralistic societies
An Ethics of Interrogation
Turn on your television and you're bound to run across the concept of interrogation, whether it's on CNN or CSI. But despite daily mentions of the practice in the media, you're unlikely to find informed commentary on its moral implications. Moving beyond the narrow focus on torture that has characterized most work on the subject, An Ethics of Interrogation is the first book to fully address this complex issue. In doing so Michael Skerker confront…
Morality and War
Journal Article Morality and War: Can War Be Just in the Twenty-first Century? By David Fisher Get access Morality and War: Can War Be Just in the Twenty-first Century? By David Fisher. Oxford University Press, 2011. 320 pages. $45.00. Michael Skerker Michael Skerker Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law,U.S. Naval Academy [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy…
Autonomous weapons systems and the moral equality of combatants
Unreliable Protection
The proportionality principle is an international humanitarian law requirement intended to constrain the use of military force in order to protect civilians in armed conflicts. This research experimentally assesses the reliability of its application by legal and moral experts (in 11 countries), by military officers (in two countries) and by laypeople. Reliability was evaluated according to three criteria: inter-expert convergence; sensitivity to …
Spying Through a Glass Darkly
Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · War, Ethics, and Justification (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Law (2 works)