Depersonalisation of killing: Towards a 21st century use of force “Beyond Good and Evil?”
The article analyses how robotisation as the latest advance in military technology can depersonalise the methods of killing in the 21st century by turning enemy soldiers and civilians into mere objects devoid of moral value. The departing assumption is that robotisation of warfare transform...
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| author | Korać Srđan T. |
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| description | The article analyses how robotisation as the latest advance in military
technology can depersonalise the methods of killing in the 21st century by
turning enemy soldiers and civilians into mere objects devoid of moral
value. The departing assumption is that robotisation of warfare transforms
military operations into automated industrial processes with the aim of
removing empathy as a redundant ‘cost’. The development of autonomous
weapons systems raises a number of sharp ethical controversies related to
the projected moral insensitivity of robots regarding the treatment of
enemies and civilian population. The futurist vision of war as a foreign
policy instrument entirely ‘purified’ of the risk of morally wrong actions
is in opposition with the negative effects of the use of drones. The author
concludes that the use of lethal robots in combat would eventually remove
enemy soldiers and civilians from the realm of ethical reasoning and deprive
them of human dignity. Decision to kill in military operations ought to be
based on human conscience as the only proper framework of making decisions
by reasoning whether an action is right or wrong. [Project of the Serbian
Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no.
OI179029: Serbia in contemporary international relations: The strategic directions of
development and consolidation of the position of Serbia in international
integration - foreign policy, economics, legal and security perspectives] |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75577cab3e534eb497cd7badd45a57f02022-12-21T17:45:36ZdeuInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeFilozofija i Društvo0353-57382334-85772018-01-01291496410.2298/FID1801049K0353-57381801049KDepersonalisation of killing: Towards a 21st century use of force “Beyond Good and Evil?”Korać Srđan T.0Institute of International Politics and Economics, BelgradeThe article analyses how robotisation as the latest advance in military technology can depersonalise the methods of killing in the 21st century by turning enemy soldiers and civilians into mere objects devoid of moral value. The departing assumption is that robotisation of warfare transforms military operations into automated industrial processes with the aim of removing empathy as a redundant ‘cost’. The development of autonomous weapons systems raises a number of sharp ethical controversies related to the projected moral insensitivity of robots regarding the treatment of enemies and civilian population. The futurist vision of war as a foreign policy instrument entirely ‘purified’ of the risk of morally wrong actions is in opposition with the negative effects of the use of drones. The author concludes that the use of lethal robots in combat would eventually remove enemy soldiers and civilians from the realm of ethical reasoning and deprive them of human dignity. Decision to kill in military operations ought to be based on human conscience as the only proper framework of making decisions by reasoning whether an action is right or wrong. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. OI179029: Serbia in contemporary international relations: The strategic directions of development and consolidation of the position of Serbia in international integration - foreign policy, economics, legal and security perspectives]http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2018/0353-57381801049K.pdfwarfaremilitary interventionsdepersonalisationdroneslethal robotsautonomous weapons systemsethics of warinternational relations |
| spellingShingle | Korać Srđan T. Depersonalisation of killing: Towards a 21st century use of force “Beyond Good and Evil?” Filozofija i Društvo warfare military interventions depersonalisation drones lethal robots autonomous weapons systems ethics of war international relations |
| title | Depersonalisation of killing: Towards a 21st century use of force “Beyond Good and Evil?” |
| title_full | Depersonalisation of killing: Towards a 21st century use of force “Beyond Good and Evil?” |
| title_fullStr | Depersonalisation of killing: Towards a 21st century use of force “Beyond Good and Evil?” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depersonalisation of killing: Towards a 21st century use of force “Beyond Good and Evil?” |
| title_short | Depersonalisation of killing: Towards a 21st century use of force “Beyond Good and Evil?” |
| title_sort | depersonalisation of killing towards a 21st century use of force beyond good and evil |
| topic | warfare military interventions depersonalisation drones lethal robots autonomous weapons systems ethics of war international relations |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2018/0353-57381801049K.pdf |
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