War and Peace: Ethical Challenges and Risks in Military Robotics

Racquel D. Brown-Gaston and Anshu Saxena Arora
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Racquel D. Brown-Gaston: University of the District of Columbia, USA
Anshu Saxena Arora: University of the District of Columbia, USA

International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies (IJIIT), 2021, vol. 17, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: The United States Department of Defense (DoD) designs, constructs, and deploys social and autonomous robots and robotic weapons systems. Military robots are designed to follow the rules and conduct of the professions or roles they emulate, and it is expected that ethical principles are applied and aligned with such roles. The application of these principles appear paramount during the COVID-19 global pandemic, wherein substitute technologies are crucial in carrying out duties as humans are more restrained due to safety restrictions. This article seeks to examine the ethical implications of the utilization of military robots. The research assesses ethical challenges faced by the United States DoD regarding the use of social and autonomous robots in the military. The authors provide a summary of the current status of these lethal autonomous and social military robots, ethical and moral issues related to their design and deployment, a discussion of policies, and the call for an international discourse on appropriate governance of such systems.

Date: 2021
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