A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Information Warfare - Are We Already At War?
Authors: Olli I. Heimo, Kai K. Kimppa
Editors: TERRELL WARD BYNUM, WILLIAM FLEISHMAN, ANNE GERDES, GITTE MØLDRUP NIELSEN, SIMON ROGERSON
Publication year: 2013
Journal: ETHICOMP Conference Series
Book title : The possibilities of ethical ICT
Series title: Ethicomp
Number in series: 13
First page : 207
Last page: 212
Number of pages: 6
ISBN: 978-87-92646-72-9
Abstract
According to Pentagon, USA can consider an information warfare act as reason to use any weapons
suitable as recourse. At the same time they, amongst others, are already attacking countries that they
are not officially at war with information warfare weapons. In this paper we look at the currently
known information warfare weapons used and whether they are morally or socially justified. First we
define what we mean with information warfare in this paper. Then we look at the justifications used
arising from the societies or other groups which are known to have used information warfare. Finally,
we look at the possible moral justifications and their problems.
According to Pentagon, USA can consider an information warfare act as reason to use any weapons
suitable as recourse. At the same time they, amongst others, are already attacking countries that they
are not officially at war with information warfare weapons. In this paper we look at the currently
known information warfare weapons used and whether they are morally or socially justified. First we
define what we mean with information warfare in this paper. Then we look at the justifications used
arising from the societies or other groups which are known to have used information warfare. Finally,
we look at the possible moral justifications and their problems.