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Designed to Kill: The Case Against Weapons Research

BuchGebunden
314 Seiten
Englisch
Springer Netherlandserschienen am23.12.20122. Aufl.
The pilot-less drones, smart bombs and other high-tech weapons on display in recent conflicts are all the outcome of weapons research.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextThe pilot-less drones, smart bombs and other high-tech weapons on display in recent conflicts are all the outcome of weapons research.
ZusammenfassungWith examples ranging from ancient arms to modern innovations such as pilotless drones, this study of the neglected topic of weapons research deploys applied ethics and moral philosophy to argue that its injurious intent renders it morally unjustifiable.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-94-007-5735-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2012
Erscheinungsdatum23.12.2012
Auflage2. Aufl.
ReiheResearch Ethics Forum
Seiten314 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht602 g
IllustrationenXIV, 314 p.
Artikel-Nr.18536589

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1; Weapons, Weapons Research and the Case Against Weapons Research.- Chapter 2; The Development of Projectile Weapons: Ancient Catapults.- Chapter 3; The Development of Projectile Weapons 2: Firearms.- Chapter 4; The Development of Nuclear Weapons.- Chapter 5; The Moral Dimension of Weapons Research.- Chapter 6; How to Make The Case Against Weapons Research.- Chapter 7; Defensive, Deterrent and Humane´ Weapons.- Chapter 8; Weapons Research, Contexts and Justifications, and the Analogy with Explanation.- Chapter 9; Just War Theory and Wartime Weapons Research.- Chapter 10; War and Realism.- Chapter 11; Commercial Weapons Research and Peacetime Weapons Research.- Chapter 12; Wartime Weapons Research and Supreme Emergency in World War Two.- Chapter 13; Conclusion and Review of the Major Claims and Assumptions.mehr

Autor

John Forge taught in the departments of History and Philosophy of Science at the Universities of New South Wales and Wollongong, and in the School of Science (Science, Technology of Science Group) in Australia from 1975 to 2005. He has been the recipient of the Inaugural Prize for Excellence in Teaching at Griffith University, the David Harold Prize in Philosophy, and won the Eureka Prize in Research Ethics in 2010.