War Machines and Orthodoxy: Unmanned Combat Vehicles and Autonomous Weapons Systems in Eastern Christian-Orthodox Understanding of War

In this paper, the author aims to explain why the use of modern war machines, namely Unmanned Combat Vehicles (UCV) and Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS), cannot be justified in Eastern Christian-Orthodox ethics of war. The author explains how the moral dimension of war in Eastern Christian Orthodoxy...

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Main Author: Stanar, Dragan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2022
In: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
Year: 2022, Volume: 21, Issue: 63, Pages: 66-80
Further subjects:B Holy War
B Unmanned Combat Vehicles
B War
B Eastern Christian Orthodoxy
B Ethics of War
B Just War
B Just War Theory
B Autonomous Weapons Systems
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