Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- EuroISME - Introduction / Richard Schoonhoven -- part 1 -- Introductions/Overviews -- 1 The Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies in Warfare Opening Speech / BG Benoit Royal -- 2 EuroISME - Inaugural Address / H.E. Marcelino Oreja Aguirre -- 3 The Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies in Warfare / Emmanuel Bloch -- part 2 -- ai /Laws -- 4 Exploring Western and Chinese Responses to the Ethical Challenge of Lethal Autonomous Weapons / Deane-Peter Baker -- 5 Artificial Intelligence in Military Decision-Making Avoiding Ethical and Strategic Perils with an Option-Generator Model / Shannon E . French and Lisa N . Lindsay -- 6 Discussing Issues of Responsibility, Accountability and Liability When ai Agents Decide and Act During War The Case of Training Algorithms for Attacking Possible Targets / Ioanna K . Lekea , Panagiotis Karampelas , George Anthimou , and Konstantinos Michail -- part 3 -- Drones -- 7 Are Public Concerns over the Use of Drone Operations Ethically Justified? / Peter Brunton -- 8 The Use of drones in Armed Conflict - Ethical Aspects of Emerging Military Technology / Tamar Meisels -- 9 The Loss of Innocence in the Age of Drones Redefining the Notion of Innocence in the Context of Drone Warfare / Dragan Stanar -- 10 Technology, Justice and the Return of Humanitarian Terrorism / Boris Kashnikov -- part 4 -- Enhancement -- 11 The Enhanced Soldier: Ethical Issues / G é rard de Boisboissel -- part 5 -- Leadership -- 12 Special Units and Emerging Technologies Environmental and Organizational Features and their Influence on Ethical Considerations / Zipi Gushpantz -- 13 Preparing Leaders of Character for Complex Conflict / Christopher Luedtke and Christopher Miller -- Short Afterword from a German Perspective / Bernhard Koch -- Index.

The speed of technological change is demonstrated not least by the new military technologies that are in use or are currently being developed. For example, the use of remote-controlled and semi-autonomous weapons systems has long been standard in the armed forces, and advances in artificial intelligence mean that more "decision-making " can be expected to be transferred to the machines used by the military. But not everything that is technologically possible is ethically justifiable. This volume, which brings together contributions to an annual conference of the European Chapter of the International Society for Military Ethics, attempts to address the ethical and legal problems posed by emerging military technologies. In a number of exciting essays, internationally renowned researchers present their insights.

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