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Comment by Kenneth Anderson

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American University law professor, jurist
a categorical ban on AWS is unjustified morally and legally
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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AI Verified The quote directly addresses the policy of banning autonomous weapon systems by arguing that a categorical ban on AWS is morally and legally unjustified, which is a clear stance on the whole statement. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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AI Verified The quote says "a categorical ban on AWS is unjustified morally and legally," which clearly opposes banning autonomous lethal weapons. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago

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AI Verified I found the exact wording in the abstract/description of the 2017 chapter "Debating Autonomous Weapon Systems, Their Ethics, and Their Regulation Under International Law." American University’s repository attributes that chapter to Kenneth Anderson and includes the sentence containing the exact phrase "a categorical ban on AWS is unjustified morally and legally"; Columbia Law and Oxford Academic show the same wording and list the chapter as coauthored by Kenneth Anderson and Matthew C. Waxman. The provided bepress URL timed out when fetched, but reliable alternate sources contain the verbatim text. ([digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu](https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/facsch_bk_contributions/90/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Quote text confirmed via web search (works.bepress.com blocks WebFetch with 403). Kenneth Anderson and co-author Matthew Waxman's argument that "a categorical ban on AWS is unjustified morally and legally" is verified through multiple academic sources (SSRN, Columbia Law School, American University Law Review) referencing their work "Debating Autonomous Weapon Systems, Their Ethics, and Their Regulation Under International Law" and "Law and Ethics for Autonomous Weapon Systems: Why a Ban Won't Work and How the Laws of War Can." Vote "against" aligns perfectly with the statement "Ban autonomous lethal weapons" — Anderson explicitly argues against a categorical ban, favoring the existing law of armed conflict framework. Year 2017 reflects the publication date. Source URL is the primary source (Anderson's bepress works repository). · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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