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License: Licence agreement concerning inclusion of doctoral thesis in the Institutional Repository of the University of LeidenAcademic Publication • November 25th, 2016
This chapter addresses the argument that the autonomous exercise of lethal force offends human dignity, and, therefore, international law.1 Proponents of this argument suggest that, by permitting lethal autonomous weapon systems to independently engage and kill human targets, operators of these systems, be they national armed forces, organized armed groups or law enforcement bodies, violate the human dignity of the persons killed.2 I argue instead that by delegating to machines the fundamental right and responsibility to think about complex, value-based decisions, we violate the human dignity of the living.
