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Lethal Autonomous Weapons and the Rise of Violence without Moral Restraints

Gökhan Güneysu(ANADOLU UNIVERSITY)0000-0002-1754-953X
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The minimal survival of military virtues with little substance remaining after such a moral deskilling is what is at issue, not a one-time transgression of humanitarian law.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This paper aims to investigate the impact of lethal autonomous weapon systems on the ethical aspects of warfare.
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Key Findings & Data:The fundamental stance of this inquiry is that moral deskilling is a tangible threat due to the fact that autonomous weapons will instigate a slacking-off within the military cadres, which in turn will cause the loss of military ethics over a longer period since many of those military rules are virtues normally acquired via repetition on the job practice.
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This paper aims to investigate the impact of lethal autonomous weapon systems on the ethical aspects of warfare. The fundamental stance of this inquiry is that moral deskilling is a tangible threat due to the fact that autonomous weapons will instigate a slacking-off within the military cadres, which in turn will cause the loss of military ethics over a longer period since many of those military rules are virtues normally acquired via repetition on the job practice. The minimal survival of military virtues with little substance remaining after such a moral deskilling is what is at issue, not a one-time transgression of humanitarian law.

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Güneysu, G. (2026). Lethal Autonomous Weapons and the Rise of Violence without Moral Restraints. All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace, Volume: 15 Issue: 2. https://doi.org/10.20991/allazimuth.1945588

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