Governing lethal behavior in autonomous robots [electronic resource] / author, Ronald Arkin

Author	Arkin, Ronald C., 1949-
Title	Governing lethal behavior in autonomous robots [electronic resource] / author, Ronald Arkin
Imprint	Boca Raton, FL. : Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2009
Connect to	http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781420085952
Descript	xx, 257 p. : ill

CONTENT

Trends toward lethality -- Human failings in the battlefield -- Related philosophical thought -- What people think : opinions on lethal autonomous systems -- Formalization for ethical control -- Specific issues for lethality : what to represent -- Representational choices : how to represent ethics in a lethal robot -- Architectural considerations for governing lethality -- Design options -- Example scenarios for the ethical use of force -- A prototype implementation -- Appendix A: Relevant laws of war -- Appendix B: Acronyms -- Appendix C: Notation

SUBJECT

Military robots -- Moral and ethical aspects
Autonomous robots -- Moral and ethical aspects
Robots -- Control systems
Robotics -- Military applications
Robotics -- Moral and ethical aspects
Military ethics
War -- Moral and ethical aspects
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