Prohibiting Autonomous Weapons: Put Human Dignity First

Autonomous Weapons and Human Responsibilities

Although remote-controlled robots flying over the Middle East and Central Asia now dominate reports on new military technologies, robots that are capable of detecting, identifying, and killing enemies on their own are quietly but steadily movingfrom the theoretical to the practical. The enormous difficulty in assigning responsibilities to humans and states for the actions ofthese machines grows...

Freedom and Human Dignity

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Put disease prevention first.

W orldwide, noncommunicable diseases are the dominant cause of death, with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease a major contributor. 1 These deaths are spread across high-to low-income countries, with ≈1 in 3 of all cardiovas-cular disease deaths occurring in individuals aged <70 years, amounting to an estimated 6 million cases annually. 1 Analyses in many countries have shown that both an im...

A Concept of Human Dignity

Put Disease Prevention First Running