The Future Impact of a Long Period of Limited Cyberwarfare on the Ethics of Warfare

Abstract

In this essay, I will first summarize some of the main and most controversial published claims in my recent work on ethical considerations in cyberwarfare (The Ethics of Cyberwarfare, Journal of Military Ethics). I will then expand and critique some of these claims. Finally, I will turn to discuss some of the ways in which information systems, the internet, and even international relations may change because of a coming era of cyberwarfare.