Political accountability and autonomous weapons:

Research & Politics

James Igoe Walsh¹ 

关键词: Autonomous weapons;    accountability;    responsibility attribution;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2053168015606749

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Autonomous weapons would have the capacity to select and attack targets without direct human input. One important objection to the introduction of such weapons is that they will make it more difficult to identify and hold accountable those responsible for undesirable outcomes such as mission failures and civilian casualties. I hypothesize that individuals can modify their attribution of responsibility in predicable ways to accommodate this new technology. The results of a survey experiment are consistent with this; subjects continue to find responsible and hold accountable political and military leaders when autonomous weapons are used, but also attribute responsibility to the designers and programmers of such weapons.

【 授权许可】

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