Ethical blowback from emerging technologies

Journal of Military Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-331

  Lin, Patrick ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blowback; Human enhancement; Robot; Society; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960318866     PISSN: 15027570     EISSN: 15027589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15027570.2010.536401     Document Type: Article

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