Introduction to Special Section on Virtue in the Loop: Virtue Ethics and Military AI

D. C. Washington; I. N. Notre Dame; National Securityhe is Currently Working on Two Books: A. Muse of Fire: Why The Technology; on What Happens to Wartime Innovations When the War is Over U. S. Military Forgets What It Learns in War; U. S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group The Shot in the Dark: A. History of the; Global Power Competition His Writing has Appeared in Russian Analytical Digest The First Comprehensive Overview of A. Unit That Helped the Army Adapt to the Post-9/11 Era of Counterinsurgency; The New Atlantis Triple Helix; War on the Rocks Fare Forward; Science Before Receiving A. Phd in Moral Theology From Notre Dame He has Published Widely on Bioethics; Technology Ethics He is the Author of Science Religion; Christian Ethics; Anxiety Tomorrow’S. Troubles: Risk; Prudence in an Age of Algorithmic Governance; The Ethics of Precision Medicine; Encountering Artificial Intelligence

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Introduction to Special Section on Virtue in the Loop: Virtue Ethics and Military AI

D. C. Washington, I. N. Notre Dame, National Securityhe is Currently Working on Two Books: A. Muse of Fire: Why The Technology, on What Happens to Wartime Innovations When the War is Over U. S. Military Forgets What It Learns in War, U. S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group The Shot in the Dark: A. History of the, Global Power Competition His Writing has Appeared in Russian Analytical Digest The First Comprehensive Overview of A. Unit That Helped the Army Adapt to the Post-9/11 Era of Counterinsurgency, The New Atlantis Triple Helix, War on the Rocks Fare Forward, Science Before Receiving A. Phd in Moral Theology From Notre Dame He has Published Widely on Bioethics, Technology Ethics He is the Author of Science Religion, Christian Ethics, Anxiety Tomorrow’S. Troubles: Risk, Prudence in an Age of Algorithmic Governance, The Ethics of Precision Medicine & Encountering Artificial Intelligence

Journal of Military Ethics 23 (3):245-250 (2025)

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Washington, D. C. ; Notre Dame, I. N. ; Technology, National Securityhe is Currently Working on Two Books: A. Muse of Fire: Why The ; U. S. Military Forgets What It Learns in War, on What Happens to Wartime Innovations When the War is Over ; The Shot in the Dark: A. History of the, U. S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group ; The First Comprehensive Overview of A. Unit That Helped the Army Adapt to the Post-9/11 Era of Counterinsurgency, Global Power Competition His Writing has Appeared in Russian Analytical Digest ; Triple Helix, The New Atlantis ; Fare Forward, War on the Rocks ; Before Receiving A. Phd in Moral Theology From Notre Dame He has Published Widely on Bioethics, Science ; Religion, Technology Ethics He is the Author of Science ; Ethics, Christian ; Tomorrow’S. Troubles: Risk, Anxiety ; Governance, Prudence in an Age of Algorithmic ; Medicine, The Ethics of Precision & Intelligence, Encountering Artificial (2025). Introduction to Special Section on Virtue in the Loop: Virtue Ethics and Military AI. Journal of Military Ethics 23 (3):245-250.

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This essay introduces this special issue on virtue ethics in relation to military AI. It describes the current situation of military AI ethics as following that of AI ethics in general, caught between consequentialism and deontology. Virtue ethics serves as an alternative that can address some of the weaknesses of these dominant forms of ethics. The essay describes how the articles in the issue exemplify the value of virtue-related approaches for these questions, before ending with thoughts for further research.

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