Morally Repugnant Weaponry? Ethical Responses to the Prospect of Autonomous Weapons

Reference

Alex Leveringhaus, ‘Morally Repugnant Weaponry? Ethical Responses to the Prospect of Autonomous Weapons’ in Silja Voeneky, Philipp Kellmeyer, Oliver Mueller and Wolfram Burgard (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Cambridge University Press 2022)

Surveys three ethical arguments against autonomous weapons (responsibility gaps, human dignity, replacement of human agency) and concludes they are currently problematic mainly because of unpredictability.