The Singularity Saints Podcast

015: Technology and Warfare, PT 2

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How will the emergence of new technologies change the face of warfare? On what basis and theological foundation may Christians respond? With so many divergent views, can there be a place for Christians to critique and question these advancements?  This is part 2 of 2.

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Topics:

  • Disagreement and the challenge of speaking on a Christian view of warfare
  • A spectrum of Christian views on warfare
  • Holy War/Jihad/Crusade
  • Absolutist Pacifism
    • Variations in Pacifism
  • John Howard Yoder
  • Stanley Hauerwas
  • Scriptural and theological roots
  • Political Realism
  • Christian Realism
    • Reinhold Niebuhr
  • Realist Pacifism
  • Just War Perspective
    • The Presumption of Justice – the tranquillitas ordinis
  • Unjust Peace v. Just Peace
  • *In clarification of a comment in the episode regarding Hauerwas
    • Hauerwas: “ultimate moral challenge for a pacifist is you may have to watch the innocent die.”
  • https://www.premierchristianradio.com/content/view/full/348878 or for a summary: https://juicyecumenism.com/2014/12/24/stanley-hauerwas-nigel-biggar-just-war-vs-pacifism/
  • Just War Criteria
  • “Lazy” Just War
  • “General” Just War
  • “Strict” Just War
  •  Dr. Daniel Bell Jr. “Just War as Christian Discipleship”
    • https://www.amazon.com/Just-War-Christian-Discipleship-Recentering/dp/1587432250/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Just+WAr+as+Christian+Discipleship&qid=1559841556&s=gateway&sr=8-1
  • Automation and love of enemy
  • Automation and responsibility
  • AI decision making, accountability, and proportionality
  • Technology and Training
    • Col. Dave Grossman’s "On Killing"
  • Video games and trained reflexes
  • Training without accountability and discipline
  • Technology and civilian casualties
    • Andrew Walker: Can Weaponry Be Humane?
  • https://providencemag.com/2019/05/can-weaponry-be-humane/
  • RX9 missile development
  • Authority, accountability, and the low cost of entry
  • Military technology and non-violent action
  • AI and guarding against human passions
  • Looking Ahead: Bee Plus
    • https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/bee-plus-robot-project/

    Verses Referenced

    • Matthew 5: 39-42
  • Matthew 5: 43-44
  • Matthew 26:52
  • Proverbs 24:11-12

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