Dehumanization of Warfare - Legal Implications of New Weapon Technologies

This book addresses the technological evolution of modern warfare due to unmanned systems and the growing capacity for cyberwarfare. The increasing involvement of unmanned means and methods of warfare can lead to a total removal of humans from the navigation, command and decision-making processes in the control of unmanned systems, and as such away from participation in hostilities - the "dehumanization of warfare." This raises the question of whether and how today's law is suitable for governing the dehumanization of warfare effectively. Which rules are relevant? Do interpretations of relevant rules need to be reviewed or is further and adapted regulation necessary? Moreover, ethical reasoning and computer science developments also have to be taken into account in identifying problems. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach the book focuses primarily on international humanitarian law, with related ethics and computer science aspects included in the discussion and the analysis.

List of contents

Part I Dehumanization of Warfare and International Humanitarian Law.- Part II Ethical Challenges of Dehumanization.- Part III Unmanned Systems in Particular at Sea and Land.- Part IV Cyber Warfare.- Part V Specific Aspects of Dehumanization.

About the author

Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
Robert Frau, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
Tassilo Singer, University of Passau, Germany

Summary

Provides an overview of current discussion on autonomous weapons and cyberwarfare Offers a new approach that considers different new weapon technologies under the same legal rulesIncludes ethical and philosophical reasoning on new weapon technologies – a central part of the current discussionsOffers insights into the status quo in robotics and digital forensics, fostering a common understanding of the challenges of new weapon technologiesWritten by leading experts, which guarantees the high quality of the contributions

Product details

• Assisted by: Rober Frau (Editor), Robert Frau (Editor), Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg (Editor), Tassilo Singer (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783319884028
• ISBN: 978-3-31-988402-8
• No. of pages: 233
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 384 g
• Illustrations: X, 233 p. 14 illus., 10 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; B, Artificial Intelligence, Political Science, International Law, Law and Criminology, Public International Law, Law of the Sea, Methods, theory & philosophy of law, Philosophy of Law, Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, International humanitarian law, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict