Alex Leveringhaus

An Ethical Evaluation of Lethal Functions in Autoregulative Weapons Systems

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“The prospect of lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS)—weapons capable of navigating their environment and applying force to a target without supervision by a human operator—has become a pressing ethical and legal issue. Dr Kunkel’s work elegantly integrates Christian peace ethics with the secular debate on LAWS. She also makes important conceptual observations, rendering the notion of LAWS clearer. This is a stimulating contribution to the debate on emerging technologies and armed conflict.”