Dôstojnosť, smrť a roboty alebo ohrozujú smrtiace autonómne zbraňové systémy ľudskú dôstojnosť?

• Authors: Ivan Koniar

Title variants

EN

Dignity, death and robots or do lethal autonomous weapon systems threaten human dignity?

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

One of the reasons given in calls for a ban on autonomous weapons systems is that they pose a threat to human dignity. Their opponents argue that autonomous weapons are inherently problematic and that death at the hands of “killer robots” is undignified for a human being, which is sufficient reason to ban their use. The author argues that autonomous weapon systems do not necessarily threaten human dignity in a fundamentally different way than many legal weapons do, that their problematic nature in terms of human dignity depends on how they are used, and that human empathy should be valued on the battlefield but not required at all costs. The text, however, does not aspire to provide a defense of autonomous weapons; rather, it seeks to show that some of the concerns over these weapons might be unfounded.

Keywords

EN

autonomous weapon systems; human dignity; "killer robots"; war; just war theory

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 72
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 295-313
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ivan Koniar

• Filosofický časopis, redakce, Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic