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Zusatztext Lucas proposes a foundation on which future ethics can be developed. Citing a variety of well-known authorities, he makes a convincing case for relying on incrementalism and experience...Summing Up: Essential. All readership levels. Informationen zum Autor George Lucas is currently a Visiting Distinguished Research Professor at the John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology & Values at Notre Dame University. He is an internationally recognized authority in the field of military and applied ethics, focusing in particular upon ethics and emerging military technologies. Recent books include Anthropologists in Arms (2009) and Military Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know (OUP, 2015). He is editor of the Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics (2015). Klappentext "State sponsored hacktivism" constitutes a wholly new alternative to conventional armed conflict. This book explores the ethical and legal dimensions of this "soft" mode warfare grounded in a broad revisionist approach to military ethics and "just war theory" that results in a new code of ethics for today's "cyber warriors." Zusammenfassung "State sponsored hacktivism" constitutes a wholly new alternative to conventional armed conflict. This book explores the ethical and legal dimensions of this "soft" mode warfare grounded in a broad revisionist approach to military ethics and "just war theory" that results in a new code of ethics for today's "cyber warriors." Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Crime or Warfare?--1 1. Cyber (In)security: Threat Assessment in the Cyber Domain--16 What, When, and Where?--16 How?--18 Why?--19 Three Ways of Being a Hacktivist--21 Conventional Warfare--22 Unrestricted Warfare--24 State- Sponsored Hacktivism as a New Form of Warfare--27 2. Is There a Role for Ethics or Law in Cyber Conflict?--33 Irregular War and Cyberwar--33 Ethics and "Folk Morality"--35 Ethics and the Law--40 Ethics and Just War Theory--42 Strategic Plan of the Book--45 Applying Moral Theories in the Cyber Domain--48 3. The Tallinn Manual: International Law in the Aftermath of Estonia--57 International Law Applicable to Stuxnet--58 International Law and State- Sponsored Hacktivism--61 The Tallinn Manual--64 International Law and the Estonian Cyber attacks--68 "There Oughta' Be a Law!"--73 Why the Tallinn Manual Failed--76 4. Genuine Ethics versus "Folk Morality" in Cyberspace--85 The Advantages of Taking "the Moral Point of View"--86 The Challenge of Folk Morality for Authentic Ethics--88 The Origins of Universal Moral Norms--91 Thinking Ethically about Conflict in the Cyber Domain--96 Just War Theory and the Morality of Exceptions--98 Jus in Bello and Professional Military Ethics--101 Jus in Silico: Ethics and Just War Theory in the Cyber Domain--102 5. If Aristotle Waged Cyberwar: How Norms Emerge from Practice--109 Distinguishing between Laws and Norms--112 The Methodology of Uncertainty: How Do Norms "Emerge?"--113 Do Emergent Moral Norms Provide Effective Governance?--119 6. Privacy, Anonymity, and the Rise of State- Sponsored Hacktivism--125 Emergent Norms and the Rise of State- Sponsored Hacktivism--126 The Cunning of History--128 Permissible Preemptive Cyber Self- Defense--129 Privacy, Anonymity, and the Sectors of Vulnerability--130 Cyber security Measures for Individuals--131 Privacy versus Anonymity--133 A Limited Justification for Anonymity--135 Restricting Anonymity while Preserving Privacy--137 New "Rules of the Road" for Cyber Navigation--138 7. NSA Management Directive #424: Anticipatory National Self- Defense--142 Preventive War--143 Initial Public Response--147 The Dilemma of Edward Snowden--148 Government Deception and P...
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"State sponsored hacktivism" constitutes a wholly new alternative to conventional armed conflict. This book explores the ethical and legal dimensions of this "soft" mode warfare grounded in a broad revisionist approach to military ethics and "just war theory" that results in a new code of ethics for today's "cyber warriors."
