Description
Book SynopsisJustice at the Margins of War fills two important gaps in the literature on the ethics of national security affairs. First, while thinking about the justice of warfare is highly developed, justifications of intelligence activities—which can involve lying, manipulation, coercion, stealing and even killing to obtain and defend information—are relatively limited and often conflicting. The authors explore relevant ethical principles and then apply them to specific activities—including agent recruitment, human and technical methods of espionage and counterintelligence, interrogational torture, analysis, covert action, sabotage, and assassination.
Second, ethical work on interstate conflict occurring in a “gray zone” between war and peace has only just begun. Gray zone operations—the use of low-level lethal and sublethal means to weaken others—are not new. But technological developments have increased the forms, intensity, and significance of this realm of competition. This volume defines the gray zone and discusses moral challenges associated with various operations—including lethal, economic, information, election, legal, and cyber.
Table of Contents
- Preface, Edward Barrett
- Chapter 1. An Interview with Mr. Michael Morell, Former Deputy and Acting Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Michael Morell
- Chapter 2. The Ethics of Espionage, CÉcile Fabre
- Chapter 3. A Contractualist Framework for Intelligence Ethics, Michael Skerker
- Chapter 4. The Torture Debate, David Luban
- Chapter 5. Technology and the Moral Limits of Intelligence Collection, C. Anthony Pfaff
- Chapter 6. Ethical Reflections on Human Intelligence Gathering (HUMINT), Sir David Omand
- Chapter 7. Secrecy, Deception, and Covert Action, Mitt Regan
- Chapter 8. Jus Ad Vim and Measures Short of War, Helen Frowe
- Chapter 9. An Ethical Framework for Grey Zone Responses, Edward Barrett
- Chapter 10. Truth-Telling during War: The Ethics of Propaganda and Media Warfare, Michael L. Gross
- Chapter 11. Using Hostages in the Grey Zone: An Ethical Assessment, Tamar Meisels
- Chapter 12. The Evolution of Norms in Cyber Warfare: From Stuxnet to Solar Winds, George Lucas
- Chapter 13. The Ethics of Grey Zone Operations: Election Manipulation, Jens Ohlin
- Chapter 14. Lawfare in the Grey Zone, Orde Kittrie
