Ethics of war and crime --- Bennette, a thought-provoking topic.

It was in 1859, after the bloody battle of Solferino in northern Italy, that the civilisation turned to 'humanitarianism' related to warfare - it took long to codify some of the ethics of war (as you say: if there is such thing) into the international humanitarian law. It is certain that the mindset of the civilisation has advanced to understand humanitarianism as well - but I suppose interests and imposing costs on those that break the rules was the main driver for this advance?

Now, how do these rules look (and apply) to this new field of cyberspace? We will certainly touch upon this many times in the next weeks, but particularly in module 6 on cyber-conflict.

PS Not so sure about the ethics of the dark web and the criminals, though :) This is where the law enforcement should play the role?

Source author: Vladimir Radunovic vladar@diplomacy.edu