Ethics and cyber warfare
Subtitle: the quest for responsible security in the age of digital warfare
By: George Lucas
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780190276522
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; National security; Just war doctrine; Hacktivism; Computer crimes; Information warfare; State crimes; Cyberspace operations (Military science); Information technology
Description: "From North Kore's recent attacks on Sony to perpetual news reports of successful hackings and criminal theft, cyber conflict has emerged as a major topic of public concern. Yet even as attacks on military, civilian, and commercial targets have escalated, there is not yet a clear set of ethical guidelines that apply to cyber warfare. Indeed, like terrorism, cyber warfare is commonly believed to be a war without rules. Given the prevalence cyber warfare, developing a practical moral code for this new form of conflict is more important than ever. In Ethics and Cyber Warfare, internationally-respected ethicist George Lucas delves into the confounding realm of cyber conflict. Comparing "state-sponsored hacktivism" to the transformative impact of "irregular warfare" in conventional armed conflict, Lucas offers a critique of legal approaches to governance, and outlines a new approach to ethics and "just war" reasoning. Lucas draws upon the political philosophies of Alasdair MacIntyre, John Rawls, and Jürgen Habermas to provide a framework for understanding these newly-emerging standards for cyber conflict, and ultimately presents a professional code of ethics for a new generation of "cyber warriors." Lucas concludes with a discussion of whether preemptive self-defense efforts - such as the massive government surveillance programs revealed by Edward Snowden - can ever be justified, addressing controversial topics such as privacy, anonymity, and public trust. Well-reasoned and timely, Ethics and Cyber Warfare is a must-read for anyone with an interest in philosophy, ethics, or cybercrime." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: crime or warfare?; title: Cyber (in)security: threat assessment in the cyber domain; title: Is there a role for ethics or law in cyber conflict?; title: The Tallinn Manual: international law in the aftermath of Estonia; title: Genuine ethics versus "folk morality" in cyberspace; title: If Aristotle waged cyberwar: how norms emerge from practice; title: Privacy, anonymity, and the rise of state-sponsored hacktivism; title: NSA management directive #424: anticipatory national self-defense; title: Conclusion: toward a "code of ethics" for cyber warriors.