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Author: H. Christian Breede ,
Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger ,
Stéfanie von Hlatky
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9780773559479
ISBN 10: 0773559477
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 23 April 2019
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Human performance enhancement is a growing area of concern, along the lines of robotics and AI more generally, and research activity is underway in the militaries of Canada and those of our close allies. Bringing this research together into one location, Transhumanizing War is a unique and notable contribution to the literature. Elinor Sloan, Carleton University and author of Modern Military Strategy
This book will be valuable in reintroducing ethical dilemmas to the field of HPE. It should be read by a wide audience, partly because it is fascinating and partly because it serves as a prescient warning of the future weapons of modern warfare. It would be well placed as required reading in any graduate class on scientific ethics and philosophy, just as it would in courses in professional military education. Similarly, this book provides an excellent overview of present and historical HPE, and policy-makers in Canada and its allies should take the opportunity to receive a crash course on the studies underway in research organizations of NATO forces. International Journal
“This book will be valuable in reintroducing ethical dilemmas to the field of HPE. It should be read by a wide audience, partly because it is fascinating and partly because it serves as a prescient warning of the future weapons of modern warfare. It would be well placed as required reading in any graduate class on scientific ethics and philosophy, just as it would in courses in professional military education. Similarly, this book provides an excellent overview of present and historical HPE, and policy-makers in Canada and its allies should take the opportunity to receive a crash course on the studies underway in research organizations of NATO forces.” International Journal
Author Information
H. Christian Breede is assistant professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada and co-editor of Going to War? Trends in Military Interventions. Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger is professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and co-editor of Military Operations and the Mind: War Ethics and Soldiers' Well-being. Stéfanie von Hlatky is associate professor of political studies at Queen's University, editor of Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism: Assessing Domestic and International Strategies, and co-editor of Going to War? Trends in Military Interventions.
