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Legality of Autonomous Weapons: Where to Draw the Line?
Inspired by Koskenniemi’s work, From Apology to Utopia, this paper attempts to engage in the discussion on the legality of autonomous weapons by showing the conflicting arguments presented by advocates of each side of the debate. The paper does not aim at finding the answer to whether autonomous wea...
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| author | Abdeltawab, Nayra Abdeltawab Ibrahim |
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| description | Inspired by Koskenniemi’s work, From Apology to Utopia, this paper attempts to engage in the discussion on the legality of autonomous weapons by showing the conflicting arguments presented by advocates of each side of the debate. The paper does not aim at finding the answer to whether autonomous weapons can be lawfully deployed or not, but rather its main interest is to highlight the indeterminacy within international law that allows both advocates and opponents of banning autonomous weapons to hold to their arguments and legally defend them on basis of the same legal rules used by their adversaries to refute their arguments and to build conflicting arguments. The paper will also be investigating the efforts made to define autonomous weapons and how definitions play an important role in giving international law this indeterminate character. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-3067 Legality of Autonomous Weapons: Where to Draw the Line? Abdeltawab, Nayra Abdeltawab Ibrahim Inspired by Koskenniemi’s work, From Apology to Utopia, this paper attempts to engage in the discussion on the legality of autonomous weapons by showing the conflicting arguments presented by advocates of each side of the debate. The paper does not aim at finding the answer to whether autonomous weapons can be lawfully deployed or not, but rather its main interest is to highlight the indeterminacy within international law that allows both advocates and opponents of banning autonomous weapons to hold to their arguments and legally defend them on basis of the same legal rules used by their adversaries to refute their arguments and to build conflicting arguments. The paper will also be investigating the efforts made to define autonomous weapons and how definitions play an important role in giving international law this indeterminate character. 2023-01-31T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2035 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3067/viewcontent/Thesis_Final___Nayra_Abdeltawab_Jan_2023.docx.pdf Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Killer Robots – Lethal Autonomous Weapons – Fully Autonomous Weapons – Martens Clause – Law Indeterminacy – Artificial Intelligence – Meaningful Human Control – Weapon Review International Humanitarian Law International Law |
| spellingShingle | Killer Robots – Lethal Autonomous Weapons – Fully Autonomous Weapons – Martens Clause – Law Indeterminacy – Artificial Intelligence – Meaningful Human Control – Weapon Review International Humanitarian Law International Law Abdeltawab, Nayra Abdeltawab Ibrahim Legality of Autonomous Weapons: Where to Draw the Line? |
| title | Legality of Autonomous Weapons: Where to Draw the Line? |
| title_full | Legality of Autonomous Weapons: Where to Draw the Line? |
| title_fullStr | Legality of Autonomous Weapons: Where to Draw the Line? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Legality of Autonomous Weapons: Where to Draw the Line? |
| title_short | Legality of Autonomous Weapons: Where to Draw the Line? |
| title_sort | legality of autonomous weapons where to draw the line |
| topic | Killer Robots – Lethal Autonomous Weapons – Fully Autonomous Weapons – Martens Clause – Law Indeterminacy – Artificial Intelligence – Meaningful Human Control – Weapon Review International Humanitarian Law International Law |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/2035 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/3067/viewcontent/Thesis_Final___Nayra_Abdeltawab_Jan_2023.docx.pdf |
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