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The ethics of national security intelligence institutions : theory and applications / Adam Henschke, Seumas Miller, Andrew Alexandra, Patrick F. Walsh, Roger Bradbury.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in intelligencePublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781040021958
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ethics of national security intelligence institutionsLOC classification:
  • JF1525.I6 H467 2024
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Contents:
Institutionalising intelligence ethics : the case for a just intelligence theory / Adam Henschke and Patrick F. Walsh -- On national security intelligence : concepts and contexts / Seumas Miller -- On just intelligence operations : exceptions and explanations / Adam Henschke -- National security intelligence activity : the principles of discrimination, necessity, and proportionality / Seumas Miller -- Espionage : ends and means / Seumas Miller -- Covert action : the ethics of secret national security operations / Andrew Alexandra -- PSYOP and intelligence institutions / Andrew Alexandra -- Privacy as digital sovereignty : rethinking privacy for international intelligence / Adam Henschke -- Beyond independence : the ethics of trustworthy intelligence institutions / Adam Henschke -- Changing practices, disruptive technologies, and the evolution of intelligence institutions / Adam Henschke, Patrick F. Walsh and Roger Bradbury -- The future of intelligence practice : concluding lessons for just intelligence institutions / Patrick F. Walsh and Adam Henschke.
Summary: "This book explores the ethics of national security intelligence institutions operating in contemporary liberal democracies. Intelligence collection by agencies such as the CIA, MI6, and Mossad involves practices that are apparently inconsistent with the principles of ordinary morality - practices such as lying, spying, manipulation, and covert action. However, in the defence of national security, such practices may not only be morally permissible, but may also under some circumstances be morally obligatory. One approach to the ethics of national security intelligence activity has been to draw from the just war tradition (so-called 'just intelligence theory'). This book identifies significant limitations of this approach and offers a new, institutionally based, teleological normative framework. In doing so, it revises some familiar principles designed for application to kinetic wars, such as necessity and proportionality, and invokes some additional ones, such as reciprocity and trust. It goes on to explore the applications of this framework and a revised set of principles for national security intelligence institutions and practices in contemporary and emerging political and technological settings. This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, ethics, security studies and International Relations"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Institutionalising intelligence ethics : the case for a just intelligence theory / Adam Henschke and Patrick F. Walsh -- On national security intelligence : concepts and contexts / Seumas Miller -- On just intelligence operations : exceptions and explanations / Adam Henschke -- National security intelligence activity : the principles of discrimination, necessity, and proportionality / Seumas Miller -- Espionage : ends and means / Seumas Miller -- Covert action : the ethics of secret national security operations / Andrew Alexandra -- PSYOP and intelligence institutions / Andrew Alexandra -- Privacy as digital sovereignty : rethinking privacy for international intelligence / Adam Henschke -- Beyond independence : the ethics of trustworthy intelligence institutions / Adam Henschke -- Changing practices, disruptive technologies, and the evolution of intelligence institutions / Adam Henschke, Patrick F. Walsh and Roger Bradbury -- The future of intelligence practice : concluding lessons for just intelligence institutions / Patrick F. Walsh and Adam Henschke.

"This book explores the ethics of national security intelligence institutions operating in contemporary liberal democracies. Intelligence collection by agencies such as the CIA, MI6, and Mossad involves practices that are apparently inconsistent with the principles of ordinary morality - practices such as lying, spying, manipulation, and covert action. However, in the defence of national security, such practices may not only be morally permissible, but may also under some circumstances be morally obligatory. One approach to the ethics of national security intelligence activity has been to draw from the just war tradition (so-called 'just intelligence theory'). This book identifies significant limitations of this approach and offers a new, institutionally based, teleological normative framework. In doing so, it revises some familiar principles designed for application to kinetic wars, such as necessity and proportionality, and invokes some additional ones, such as reciprocity and trust. It goes on to explore the applications of this framework and a revised set of principles for national security intelligence institutions and practices in contemporary and emerging political and technological settings. This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, ethics, security studies and International Relations"-- Provided by publisher.

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