1. Modern Military Operations
- Author
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Boshuijzen - van Burken, Christine, de Vries, Marc J., Jochemsen, Henk, and Philosophy & Ethics
- Subjects
021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,Information sharing ,05 social sciences ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS ,02 engineering and technology ,0506 political science ,Course of action ,Battlefield ,Information and Communications Technology ,050602 political science & public administration ,Normative ,Engineering ethics ,Business ,Use of technology - Abstract
Modern military operations are characterized by ubiquitous use of technology, in particular the use of information and communication technologies for real-time information sharing. The use of technology on the battlefield is assumed to improve decision making in military practice. By making use of a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan, namely the Sangin incident in 2011, the author highlights why moral decision making could be hampered by technology. This is partly due to the fact that information and communication technologies subtly connect sub-practices that exist within the broader military practice, thus potentially blurring normative structures. Blurring of normative structures can cause problems for moral decision making on the battlefield, because it is suddenly not clear who is responsible for the course of action.
- Published
- 2019