Boeken Jasmijn
Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Leiden University, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Centre of Expertise Cyber Security, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
J Mil Ethics. 2024 Oct 22;23(2):152-161. doi: 10.1080/15027570.2024.2415201. eCollection 2024.
The world can be divided into a digital sphere and a physical sphere. Within the realm of the physical sphere, Michael Walzer's Just War Theory stands as a prominent framework for understanding the ethics of warfare. Is his theoretical framework also applicable to the digital sphere? This article studies whether elements of Walzer's theory can be adapted to the context of digital conflict. Walzer divides countries into zones of peace, zones of war, and in-between zones. A country could then, for example, be a physical zone of peace but a digital zone of war. This article explores in which ways the defining characteristics of the different zones can be found in the digital sphere. It concludes that the digital sphere should mostly be seen as an in-between zone, with the problem of very unclear borders. Regarding Walzer's theory, while it offers valuable insights when applied to the digital sphere, difficulties arise, underscoring the necessity for further research to refine the principles of just war within the digital sphere.
世界可分为数字领域和物理领域。在物理领域范围内，迈克尔·沃尔泽的正义战争理论是理解战争伦理的一个重要框架。他的理论框架是否也适用于数字领域呢？本文研究沃尔泽理论的要素能否适用于数字冲突的背景。沃尔泽将国家分为和平区、战争区和中间区。例如，一个国家可能在物理层面是和平区，但在数字层面是战争区。本文探讨了如何在数字领域找到不同区域的定义特征。结论是，数字领域大多应被视为一个边界非常不明确的中间区。关于沃尔泽的理论，虽然将其应用于数字领域时能提供有价值的见解，但也会出现困难，这凸显了进一步研究以完善数字领域正义战争原则的必要性。
