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44 Pepp. L. Rev. 1 (2016-2017)

handle is hein.journals/pepplr44 and id is 1 raw text is: False Rubicons, Moral Panic, & Conceptual Cul-De-Sacs: Critiquing & Reframing the Call to Ban Lethal Autonomous Weapons Chris Jenks* Abstract By casting into the indeterminate future and projecting visions of so- called killer robots, The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (The Campaign) has incited moral panic in an attempt to stimulate a discussion-and ultimately a ban-on lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS). The Campaign's efforts have been superficially successful, but have come at a substantive cost. In an effort to shift the circular dialogue toward constructive discussions on the interaction between human and machine abilities in weapon systems, this article explores the conceptual paradox implicit in The Campaign. The call for a ban provokes the international community to envision future, dire harm from LAWS. It attempts to ban not only future 'fully * Assistant Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law; Professorial Fellow Asia-Pacific Centre for Military Law (APCML), Melbourne Law School. This article is based on research conducted as part of a Fulbright Senior Scholar research grant and as a member of the APCML's Program on the Regulation of Emerging Military Technology (PREMT). Special appreciation to Cassie DuBay of the SMU Underwood Law Library for research assistance and to the SMU law research grant that provided additional support for this article. Additional thanks to Professor Bruce Oswald from APCML, and Professors Tim McCormack and Rain Livoja of PREMT and the American-Australia Fulbright Association. A number of institutions and scholars were gracious with their time, providing presentation venues and much appreciated feedback: Professors Rob McLoughlin at Australia National University, Kevin Jon Heller at SOAS, Dapo Akande at Oxford, and the Junior International Law Scholars Association (Jen Daskal at American, MJ Durkee at University of Washington, and Rob Knowles at Valpariso). 1 96 Int'l L. Stud. Ser. US Naval War Col. 26

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