Cognitive warfare: an ethical analysis

Seumas Miller

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Cognitive warfare: an ethical analysis

Seumas Miller^*

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Abstract

This article characterises the nature of cognitive warfare and its use of disinformation and computational propaganda and its political and military purposes in war and in conflict short of war. It discusses both defensive and offensive measures to counter cognitive warfare and, in particular, measures that comply with relevant moral principles.

Original language	English
Article number	46
Journal	Ethics and Information Technology
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-023-09717-7
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

Cognitive warfare
Computational propaganda
Disinformation
Freedom of communication
Liberal democracy
Necessity
Proportionality

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