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Ethics and Cyber Warfare

The Quest for Responsible Security in the Age of Digital Warfare

By: George R. Lucas

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Ethics and Cyber Warfare

The Quest for Responsible Security in the Age of Digital Warfare

By: George R. Lucas

State sponsored hacktivism" constitutes a wholly new alternative to conventional armed conflict. This book explores the ethical and legal dimensions of this "soft" mode warfare grounded in a broad revisionist approach to military ethics and "just war theory" that results in a new code of ethics for today's "cyber warriors.

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Oxford University Press

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0190276525

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9780190276522

Law, Ethics and Emerging Military Technologies

Confronting Disruptive Innovation

By: George Lucas

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Law, Ethics and Emerging Military Technologies

Confronting Disruptive Innovation

By: George Lucas

This book addresses issues of legal and moral governance arising in the development, deployment, and eventual uses of emerging technologies in military operations. Proverbial wisdom has it that law and morality always lag behind technological innovation. Hence, the book aims to identify, enumerate, and constructively address the problems of adequate governance for the development, deployment, and eventual uses of military technologies that have been newly introduced into military operations or which will be available in the near future. Proposals for modifications in governance, the book argues, closely track the anxieties of many critics of these technologies to the extent that they will proliferate, prove destructive in unanticipated ways, and partially or wholly escape regulation under current treaties and regulatory regimes. In addition to such concerns in domestic and especially in international law, the book addresses ethical norms in the professions involved in the design and eventual use of specific technologies, principally involving the professional norms of practice in engineering and the military (as well as biomedical and health care practice), which impose moral obligations on their members to avoid reckless endangerment or criminal negligence in the course of their activities. Thus, in addition to exploring the application of existing legal regimes and moral norms, the book examines how these professions might develop or improve the voluntary constraints on forms of malfeasance that are enshrined in their histories and codes of best practices. This book should prove of great interest to students of ethics, military studies, philosophy of war and peace, law, and international relations.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000806197

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9781000806199

The Rehabilitation of Whitehead

An Analytic and Historical Assessment of Process Philosophy

By: George R. Lucas Jr.

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The Rehabilitation of Whitehead

An Analytic and Historical Assessment of Process Philosophy

By: George R. Lucas Jr.

Lucas treats Whitehead within the framework of major themes in current Anglo-American "analytic" philosophy, viewed against the backdrop of significant historical trends in European and American thought since the Enlightenment. This most misunderstood of twentieth-century philosophers is critically interpreted here. Whitehead had developed 50 years ago some ideas only now emerging in analytic philosophy. Lucas examines the significance of Whitehead's thought for current epistemology of science, for the anti-foundationalism debate, and more generally, for modal logic, action, theory, philosophical psychology, and the philosophy of mind. He shows how some recent analytic philosophy is now developing ideas concerning language, personal identity, and other topics that are found in Whitehead. Lucas concludes with recent problems in relativity theory and quantum mechanics, indicating how these bear on the philosophy of science and on the task of forging a comprehensive understanding of nature. He examines the debates concerning Einstein and Whitehead on relativity and analyzes the work of Bohm, Prigogine, and others who have found Whitehead's categories useful for their own success. Whitehead is shown to be a historical figure of great importance, not an idiosyncratic thinker, isolated along with a few enthusiastic followers from the mainstream of contemporary philosophy. With Russell, Whitehead participated in the same philosophical world that gave rise to analytic philosophy.

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State University of New York Press

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1438411383

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9781438411385

On Hegel

By: George L. Kline

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On Hegel

By: George L. Kline

Fifteen important papers about Hegel covering forty-five years of work by one of America's most prominent Hegel scholars: 1. "What Marx Could ... and Should Have Learned from Hegel" (1974) 2. "Hegel and the Marxist-Leninist Critique of Religion" and "Reply to Commentators" (1970) 3. "Present, Past, and Future in the Writings of Alexander Herzen" (1990) 4. "The Use and Abuse of Hegel by Nietzsche and Marx" (1989) 5. "Hegel and Solovyov" (1974) 6. "The Existentialist Rediscovery of Hegel and Marx" (1971) 7. "Concept and Concrescence: An Essay in Hegelian-Whiteheadian Ontology" (1986) 8. "Some Recent Reinterpretations of Hegel's Philosophy" (1964) 9. "Gustav G. Shpet as Interpreter of Hegel" (1999) 10. "The Hegelian Roots of S.L. Frank's Ethics and Social Philosophy" (1994) 11. "Lukács's Use and Abuse of Hegel and Marx" (1987) 12. "Pierre Macherey's Hegel ou Spinoza" (1990) 13. "The Dialectic of Action and Passion in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit" (1970) 14. "Life as Ontological Category: A Whiteheadian Note on Hegel" (1980) 15. "Shpet as Translator of Hegel's Phänomenologie des Geistes" (2009)

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Gegensatz Press

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1621307352

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9781621307358

Ending Hunger Now

A Challenge to Persons of Faith

By: George Stanley McGovern,Bob Dole,Donald E. Messer

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Ending Hunger Now

A Challenge to Persons of Faith

By: George Stanley McGovern,Bob Dole,Donald E. Messer

Veteran statesmen George McGovern and Robert Dole here find common cause with theologian and activist Donald Messer in this powerful testimony and appeal to people of faith. They are each convinced we can overcome global hunger now, and their informed, strategic, impassioned thoughts encourage and equip. This book brings together their disparate yet powerful voices behind a shared conviction: that helping the millions who lack basic provision for food has become a religious imperative and human priority. Writing for congregations and individuals of faith, McGovern, Dole, and Messer appeal to the biblical, theological, and ethical foundations of action against hunger.

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Fortress Press

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1451404395

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Whitehead and China

Relevance and Relationships

By: Wenyu Xie,Zhihe Wang,George E. Derfer

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Whitehead and China

Relevance and Relationships

By: Wenyu Xie,Zhihe Wang,George E. Derfer

Whitehead acknowledged that 'the philosophy of organism seems to approximate more to some strains of.Chinese thought.' Some scholars have attempted to explore this relationship and its implications. The Beijing Conference provided a good forum for interested and engaged scholars to address each other directly, in an atmosphere of mutual regard and respect. The ongoing scholarly work on process thinking in China is impressive. It is the editors’ conviction that the publication of this book in English will promote international discussion of the themes and issues herein set forth. This should contribute significantly to the broader discussion between West and East, so important in this age of cultural globalization. Contributors: John B Cobb, Jr, David R Griffin, Catherine Keller, Meijun Fan, Ronald Phipps, Joseph Grange, George Derfer, Wang Shik Jiang, Brook Ziporyn, Michel Weber, Wenyu Xie, HUAN Huogui, Zhihe Wang, HAN Zhen LI Shiyan, ZHANG Nini.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110328224

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Does the Law Morally Bind the Poor?

Or What Good's the Constitution When You Can't Buy a Loaf of Bread?

By: R. George Wright

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Does the Law Morally Bind the Poor?

Or What Good's the Constitution When You Can't Buy a Loaf of Bread?

By: R. George Wright

Consider the horror we feel when we learn of a crime such as that committed by Robert Alton Harris, who commandeered a car, killed the two teenage boys in it, and then finished what was left of their lunch. What we don't consider in our reaction to the depravity of this act is that, whether we morally blame him or not, Robert Alton Harris has led a life almost unimaginably different from our own in crucial respects. In Does Law Morally Bind the Poor? or What Good's the Constitution When You Can't Buy a Loaf of Bread?, author R. George Wright argues that while the poor live in the same world as the rest of us, their world is crucially different. The law does not recognize this difference, however, and proves to be inconsistent by excusing the trespasses of persons fleeing unexpected storms, but not those of the involuntarily homeless. He persuasively concludes that we can reject crude environmental determinism without holding the most deprived to unreasonable standards.

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NYU Press

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0814795021

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Ethics and Military Strategy in the 21st Century

Moving Beyond Clausewitz

By: George R. Lucas, Jr.

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Ethics and Military Strategy in the 21st Century

Moving Beyond Clausewitz

By: George R. Lucas, Jr.

This book examines the importance of "military ethics" in the formulation and conduct of contemporary military strategy. Clausewitz’s original analysis of war relegated ethics to the side-lines in favor of political realism, interpreting the proper use of military power solely to further the political goals of the state, whatever those may be. This book demonstrates how such single-minded focus no longer suffices to secure the interest of states, for whom the nature of warfare has evolved to favor strategies that hold combatants themselves to the highest moral and professional standards in their conduct of hostilities. Waging war has thus been transformed in a manner that moves beyond Clausewitz’s original conception, rendering political success wholly dependent upon the cultivation and exercise of discerning moral judgment by strategists and combatants in the field. This book utilizes a number of perspectives and case studies to demonstrate how ethics now plays a central role in strategy in modern armed conflict. This book will be of much interest to students of just war, ethics, military strategy, and international relations.

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Routledge

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1351745174

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The Realizations of the Future

An Inquiry into the Authority of Praxis

By: George Allan

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The Realizations of the Future

An Inquiry into the Authority of Praxis

By: George Allan

George Allan is Professor of Philosophy and senior academic officer at Dickinson College.

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State University of New York Press

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0791494489

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9780791494486

Anthropologists in Arms

The Ethics of Military Anthropology

By: George R. Lucas

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Anthropologists in Arms

The Ethics of Military Anthropology

By: George R. Lucas

Anthropologists in Arms looks at the moral and ethical debates surrounding the recent development of 'military anthropology'--particularly the practice of embedding anthropologists with combat troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Lucas traces the troubled history of social scientists collaborating with national military, security, and intelligence organizations and shows how these complex and frequently misunderstood historical concerns contribute to the contemporary moral controversy. He gives special attention to the Human Terrain Systems project developed by the U.S. Army under the direction of General David Petraeus. Although this project has been criticized as unethical by academic anthropologists in the U.S. and the U.K., Lucas shows that the moral status of that program is much more ambiguous than these blanket criticisms would suggest. Anthropologists in Arms concludes with a call for a thorough review of HTS itself, and suggests alternative strategies for providing anthropological knowledge to military forces engaged in irregular warfare--knowledge that might, in turn, help military forces to ameliorate the suffering imposed on noncombatants, while respecting the privacy, security, and human rights of indigenous populations.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0759112134

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9780759112131

Ordering of Time

Meditations on the History of Philosophy

By: Lucas George Lucas

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Ordering of Time

Meditations on the History of Philosophy

By: Lucas George Lucas

What is the history of philosophy? What exactly is this the history of and how is that history to be understood in relationship to philosophy itself? Can philosophy's history, on any of a number of diverse descriptions, ever be said in its own right to constitute a unique and genuine source of philosophical wisdom or insight? George Lucas sweeps aside the constraints of traditional methodological and cultural boundaries to reflect broadly on a variety of answers to these questions, as posed by many of the major philosophical figures of the past century. Inviting a re-consideration of the work of scholars as diverse as Alasdair MacIntyre, Leo Strauss, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Richard Rorty, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Bertrand Russell, Arthur Danto, Martha Nussbaum, Paul Ricoeur, Charles Taylor, Keith Lehrer and Jerome Schneewind, Lucas ranges widely over the history of philosophy itself in search of original, probing answers to these profound and perennial issues.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474478573

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9781474478571

Military Ethics

What Everyone Needs to Know®

By: George R. Lucas

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Military Ethics

What Everyone Needs to Know®

By: George R. Lucas

A comprehensive and case-driven account of the core ethical principles of the "Profession of Arms," together with a description of the rigorous ethical demands and moral dilemmas these principles impose upon individuals, both in and beyond combat. A thorough but readable, engaging account addressed both to military personnel and the wider public.

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Oxford University Press

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0199336881

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9780199336883

The Patterns of the Present

Interpreting the Authority of Form

By: George Allan

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The Patterns of the Present

Interpreting the Authority of Form

By: George Allan

An original philosophical treatise on form and the foundations of social value.

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SUNY Press

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0791451631

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9780791451632

Ethics and Military Strategy in the 21st Century

Moving Beyond Clausewitz

By: George R. Lucas, Jr.

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Ethics and Military Strategy in the 21st Century

Moving Beyond Clausewitz

By: George R. Lucas, Jr.

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Star Wars

By: Larry Weinberg,George Lucas

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Star Wars

By: Larry Weinberg,George Lucas

THESE CLASSIC BOOKS have retro appeal that will take readers and collectors alike back to the days when they were first amazed by "Star Wars"! Luke Skywalker has always dreamed of escaping his desert home world at the edge of the galaxy. Little does he know that his destiny will plunge him into a series of life and death adventures. This book marks the start of Luke Skywalker's involvement with the Rebellion in George Lucas's grand narrative of good versus evil, "Star Wars,

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Random House Books for Young Readers

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0394868692

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9780394868691

The Phantom Menace

By: Terry Brooks,George Lucas

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The Phantom Menace

By: Terry Brooks,George Lucas

In barren desert lands and seedy spaceports . . . in vast underwater cities and in the blackest depths of space . . . unfolds a tale of good and evil, of myth and magic, of innocence and power. Based on the screenplay by George Lucas, this novel by master storyteller Terry Brooks probes the depths of one of the greatest tales of our time, providing rich detail and insight into the minds and motives of the characters--and shedding bold new light on Lucas' brilliant creation. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, an evil legacy long believed dead is stirring. Now the dark side of the Force threatens to overwhelm the light, and only an ancient Jedi prophecy stands between hope and doom for the entire galaxy. The Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, young Obi-Wan Kenobi, are charged with the protection of Amidala, the young Queen of Naboo, as she seeks to end the siege of her planet by Trade Federation warships. This quest brings Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and one of the Queen's young handmaidens to the sand-swept streets of Tatooine and the shop where the slave boy Anakin Skywalker toils and dreams of finding a way to win freedom from enslavement for himself and his beloved mother. His only hope lies in his extraordinary instincts and his strange gift for understanding the "rightness" of things. It is this unexpected meeting that marks the beginning of the drama that will become legend . . .

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Del Rey Books

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0345439759

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9780345439758

The Star Wars Trilogy

By: George Lucas,Donald F. Glut,James Kahn

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The Star Wars Trilogy

By: George Lucas,Donald F. Glut,James Kahn

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. George Lucas created the bestselling STAR WARS. His sweeping vision of cowboys and indians in space became the middle trilogy of film and books that became so successful worldwide. Having established the universe of The Empire and The Rebel Alliance and its wonderful cast of characters and aliens - Lucas is now releasing his next movie trilogy - the prehistory of the Empire, the Genesis of the Jedi Order of Knights, the Massacre of Princess Leia's royal family and homeworld, her future husband, Han Solo, and his piratical past and, of course, how Luke Skywalker's father, Darth Vader, turned to the evil, dark side of the Force. This omnibus of the original three film novelisations will whet the appetites and prepare all fans for the forthcoming STAR WARS phenomena.

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Orbit Books

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1841492507

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9781841492506

The Empire Strikes Back

By: J. J. Gardner,George Lucas

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The Empire Strikes Back

By: J. J. Gardner,George Lucas

Recounts the further adventures of Luke Skywalker and his friends in their battles against the dark side of the Force.

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Scholastic

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0590066560

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9780590066563

The Phantom Menace

By: Henry Gilroy,Rodolfo Damaggio,George Lucas,Al Williamson

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The Phantom Menace

By: Henry Gilroy,Rodolfo Damaggio,George Lucas,Al Williamson

Set 32 years before the original Star Wars trilogy, the first episode focuses on eight-year-old Anakin Skywalker (who eventually becomes Darth Vader) and the training he receives from Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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Star Wars

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1840230258

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9781840230253

Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones

By: Henry Gilroy,George Lucas,Jan Duursema; Ray Kryssing; Drew Struzen

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Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones

By: Henry Gilroy,George Lucas,Jan Duursema; Ray Kryssing; Drew Struzen

A Jedi shall not know anger. Nor hatred. Nor love. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones is a seminal tale of the Star Wars mythos, unlocking some of the history and events that laid the foundation for the Rebel Alliance's epic struggle against the Empire as chronicled in the original Star Wars film trilogy. Featuring familiar characters as never seen before and introducing new players destined to become Star Wars icons, Episode II is a must-see film, and this graphic novel is a must-read for all Star Wars enthusiasts. Adapted by Henry Gilroy from the original screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales, and illustrated by Jan Duursema and Ray Kryssing. Make sure you catch this legendary series that's sure to please Star Wars fans of all ages.

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Dark Horse

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1569716099

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9781569716090

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