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Moral Responsibility and Control in Autonomous Warfare. An Analysis of the Responsibility Gap in Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems KU Leuven

Lode Lauwaert, Carl Ceulemans, Stefan Rummens
Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Research in Political Philosophy and Ethics Leuven (RIPPLE)

The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) across various applications is giving rise to significant ethical challenges, particularly in the military domain. A central issue in both academic and policy debates in recent years has been the difficulty of assigning moral and legal responsibility for the actions of autonomous military technologies. This dissertation seeks to address these challenges by exploring the ethical and legal ...

State responsibility for warfare errors: revisiting the relevance of fault for international humanitarian law and the law of state responsibility using autonomous weapons systems and artificial intelligence-enabled decision-support systems as case studies KU Leuven

Jan Wouters
Institute for International Law

This doctoral project addresses the question of whether and in what instances warfare errors which cause harm to protected persons or objects constitute violations of states’ obligations under international humanitarian law and engage their international responsibility. It aims to expand the knowledge on states’ obligations vis a vis warfare mistakes under international humanitarian law (as the primary ...

Pollution and responsibility. Can a dynamic concept of human biology inform questions about environmental responsibility? University of Antwerp

Kristien Hens
Center for Ethics
With this project, we want to investigate the hypothesis that reflecting on the challenges and questions raised by epigenetics can shed some light on the current discussions on environmental ethics issues. Specifically, we will focus on whether technological solutions are an adequate response to environmental crises and whether environmental responsibility should be understood as primary an individual or a collective endeavor, or that we have to ...

Transforming Responsibility Theory Through Strawsonian Genealogy KU Leuven

Benjamin De Mesel
Research in Political Philosophy and Ethics Leuven (RIPPLE), Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science
We have two main objectives. First, we aim to present and develop a philosophical method, called ‘Strawsonian genealogy’, for the study of internally diverse concepts (concepts which resist traditional conceptual analysis in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions). We will build upon the work of P.F. Strawson, compare our method to related methods in the work of L. Wittgenstein and B. Williams, and situate it within the contemporary ...

Singularity and Responsibility. University of Antwerp

Center for European Philosophy
At first glance the question of responsibility seems to be a question of freedom: is one responsible for his/her actions, because she/he has chosen these actions freely? In a recent philosophical debate that has been inspired by the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, responsibility is however understood as the result of a call: as a task that isn¿t the result of any free choice, but that is received in a passive way. This call is received by a ...

Singularity and Responsibility. University of Antwerp

Center for European Philosophy
At first glance the question of responsibility seems to be a question of freedom: is one responsible for his/her actions, because she/he has chosen these actions freely? In a recent philosophical debate that has been inspired by the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, responsibility is however understood as the result of a call: as a task that isn¿t the result of any free choice, but that is received in a passive way. This call is received by a ...

Parental responsibility for the safety of the child in the digital sphere. KU Leuven

Ingrid Boone
Institute for Family Law and Juvenile Law, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Kulak Kortrijk Campus

In our current society, the challenges posed by social media, especially in relation to children, are often discussed. This is because social media and other digital developments can create many risks for children which need to be adressed. To ensure the safety of children in relation to these innovations many actors seem responsible: the platforms themselves, parents, governments, schools... In many cases, ...

LIFE4EPR - towards harmonized Extended Producer Responsibility schemes across the EU (EU694) Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Harri Kalimo
Institute for European Studies
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) supplements the "polluter pays" principle by holding manufacturers accountable for the entire lifecycle of their products and packaging. While EPR is mandated in EU laws like the Waste Framework Directive (Article 8a), its implementation varies across Member States. Currently, a comprehensive overview of EPR schemes at the national level is lacking, creating a gap for policymakers as well as other ...

Corporate Tax Responsibility Ghent University

Isabelle Verleyen
Department of Accounting, Corporate Finance and Taxation

Fiscal responsibility is currently high on both the political as well as the academic agenda. More and more national and supranational legislation is aimed at achieving a fair tax contribution for everyone. Think of the recent legislation on minimum
taxation of 15% and the public Country-by-Country reporting for large multinational companies. However, there are many
challenges that companies face in complying with these new regulations. ...

Liability, responsibility, and agency: Redefining private law in the era of Autonomous AI. University of Antwerp

Kristof Van Assche
Personal Rights and Property Rights
Traditionally, private law rests on a fundamental dichotomy between persons and things. Persons are recognized as holders of rights and duties, capable of engaging in legal transactions, while things are considered entities without legal agency or rights. However, the rapid development of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems challenges this strict division, as these entities increasingly interact with society in complex, impactful ...