Writings on Ethical Issues


Journal


Sharkey, N.E. (in press) The automation and proliferation of military drones and the protection of civilians. Journal of Law, Innovation and Technology


Sharkey, N.E. (in press) Automating Warfare: lessons learned from the drones, Journal of Law and Information Science


Sharkey, N. (2012 in press). Drone Proliferation and the Protection of Civilians. In G.L. BERUTO, ed. International Humanitarian Law and New Weapon Technologies. Milan: FrancoAngeli

Sharkey, N.E. and Sharkey, A.J.C. (in press) The Eldercare Factory, Journal of Gerontology


Sharkey, N (2011) Processus décisionnels : vers des réponses automatisées aux questions de vie ou de mort, In Ronan Doare and Henri Hude (ed)  Les Robots Au Coeur Du Champ De Bataille, 49-67


Sharkey, N.E. and Sharkey, A.J.C (in press) Robot surgery on the cutting edge of ethics, In (P. Gomers) Surgical Robotics, Woodhead Publishing


Sharkey, A.J.C. and Sharkey, N.E. (2011)  Anthropomorphism and deception in robot care and companionship, IEEE RAM, 18 (1), 32-38


Sharkey, A.J.C. and Sharkey, N.E. (2011) Granny and the robots: Ethical issues in robot care for the elderly, Ethics and Information Technology Available online at SpringerLink


Sharkey, N.E. (2010) Saying "No!" to Lethal Autonomous Targeting, Journal of Military Ethics, Vol. 9, No. 4, 299-313


Sharkey, N.E. and Sharkey, A.J.C. (2010) The crying shame of robot nannies: an ethical appraisal, Journal of Interaction Studies, 11, 161-190 Available from John Benjamin Publishing website


Sharkey, N.E. and Sharkey, A.J.C. (2010) Robot nannies get a wheel in the door, Journal of Interaction Studies, 11, 161-190 Available from John Benjamin Publishing website


Sharkey, N.E., Goodman, M., Ross, N. (2010)  The Coming Robot Crimewave, IEEE Computer, August

             

Sharkey, A.J.C. and Sharkey, N.E. (2011) Granny and the robots: Ethical issues in robot care for the elderly, Ethics and Information Technology - Available online at SpringerLink


Sharkey, N.E. (2009) A matter of precision, Defence Management Journal, Winter, 2009, 126-128

Sharkey, N.E. (2009)  The Robot Arm of the Law grows longer, IEEE Computer,  August, 2009


Sharkey, N.E. (2009) Death Strikes from the Sky: The calculus of proportionality, IEEE Science and Society, 28, 16-19

Sharkey, N.E. (2009)  Weapons of indiscriminate lethality, FIfF Kommunikation, 1/09, 26-28

Sharkey, N.E. (2008) The Ethical Frontiers of  Robotics, Science, 322. 1800-1801

             
Sharkey, N.E. (2008) Cassandra or the false prophet of doom: AI robots and war, IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 23, no, 4, 14-17,  JulyAugust Issue


Sharkey, N.E. (2008) Grounds for Discrimination: Autonomous Robot Weapons, RUSI Defence Systems, 11 (2), 86-89

Sharkey, N.E. (2007) Automated Killers and the Computing Profession, IEEE Computer, November, 106-108


Sharkey, N.E. and Sharkey, A.J.C. (2007) Artificial Intelligence and Natural Magic, Artificial Intelligence Review, 25, 9-20

Book Chapters

Sharkey, N.E. (in press) The proliferation of drone technology, autonomy and military necessity, in Emannuel Goffi (ed) French Airforce book.


Sharkey, N.E. and Sharkey, A.J.C (in press) Robot surgery on the cutting edge of ethics, In (P. Gomers) Surgical Robotics, Woodhead Publishing


Sharkey, N.E. (2011) Killing made easy: from joystics to politics, in Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics, eds. Patrick Lin, George Bekey, and Keith Abney, Cambridge: MIT Press


Sharkey, N.E. and Sharkey, A.J.C. . (2011) The rights and wrongs of robot care, in Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics, eds. Patrick Lin, George Bekey, and Keith Abney, Cambridge: MIT Press

Sharkey, N.E. and Sharkey, A.J.C. (2010) Living with Robots: Ethical tradeoffs in eldercare, In Yorick Wilks (Ed) Artificial Companions in Society: scientific, economic and philosphical perspectives, Amsterdam,: John Benjamins, 245-256

           
Sharkey, N.E.  (in press) The ethical problems for 21st century robots: from the battlefield to law enforcement, RSA book of Ethical futures (aimed a policy makers). It has taken them so long to publish this that it should be called the book of Ethical past. I no longer give them permission to publish it.

Other (authored public articles)

Are Foxconn robots the answer to worker suicides, Guardian, August 2, 2011    

March of the Killer Robots, Daily Telegraph,  15th June, 2009


    Grand Challenge: Children on the front line of weapons development, Guardian Science Blog, 27 August, 2008

Death by Robot, Industrial Focus: The European journal of manufacturing, Magazine distributed by the Guardian, p62-65,  May/June, 2008

   

    The grim reality of robots at war, Scientists for Global Responsibility Newsletter, Winter, 2008


    Don't Dismiss the Robot Surgeons, Guardian commentary, 28th August, 2008  


    Robot Wars are a Reality, Saturday Guardian, 18th August, 2007 (1000 words).  Reprinted in full in The Hindu,  20th August, 2007 and again as a Feature in the Gulf Times, August, 23rd, 2007. Reprinted in part in Iran Daily, 20th August, 2007