Fighting Machines: Autonomous Weapons and Human Dignity
In Fighting Machines, Dan Saxon draws on his extensive practical and academic experience and expertise in international law to argue why certain human responsibilities should not be delegated to autonomous weapons. The post Fighting Machines: Autonomous Weapons and Human Dignity appeared first on Ethics & International Affairs.
Fighting Machines: Autonomous Weapons and Human Dignity, Dan Saxon (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022), 264 pp., cloth $75, eBook $75.
Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) are among the most frequently discussed developments in military technology. While these weapon systems, which select and engage targets without human intervention or control, raise numerous ethical, legal, and security policy questions, the international political response to regulate these systems has been slow moving. The ongoing political debate over LAWS is marked by controversies surrounding the scope and applicability of international law and the role of the human in increasingly autonomous warfare. In Fighting Machines, Dan Saxon draws on his extensive practical and academic experience and expertise in international law to argue that certain human responsibilities should not be delegated to autonomous weapons.
