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“Biological Warfare: Can a War be Justly Fought Using Biological Weapons?”

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2024
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Biological agents and toxins have been used as weapons offensively as early as 1320 BCE. Modern ability to manipulate and control biological materials has raised concerns as to how wars will be fought in the future. The Geneva Protocol of 1925 and the subsequent Geneva Conventions have clearly determined biological warfare as unethical and illegal due to the devastating effects it has on both combatants and noncombatants. The International Humanitarian Laws, based on the fourth Geneva Convention, are used as guidelines for fighting just and legal wars. Although the use of biological weaponry has been banned for almost a century, government and non-government funded research in this area has not ceased. This highlights the importance of continuing research into the ethics of biological weaponry use according to modern science. After having compared modern biological advancements to these laws, the use of biological weaponry still cannot be justified in war.
Title: “Biological Warfare: Can a War be Justly Fought Using Biological Weapons?”.
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Name(s): Fagundes, Gabrielle Emilio , author
Baima, Nicholas, Thesis advisor
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Thesis
Date Created: 2024
Date Issued: 2024
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Jupiter, FL
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 40 p.
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: Biological agents and toxins have been used as weapons offensively as early as 1320 BCE. Modern ability to manipulate and control biological materials has raised concerns as to how wars will be fought in the future. The Geneva Protocol of 1925 and the subsequent Geneva Conventions have clearly determined biological warfare as unethical and illegal due to the devastating effects it has on both combatants and noncombatants. The International Humanitarian Laws, based on the fourth Geneva Convention, are used as guidelines for fighting just and legal wars. Although the use of biological weaponry has been banned for almost a century, government and non-government funded research in this area has not ceased. This highlights the importance of continuing research into the ethics of biological weaponry use according to modern science. After having compared modern biological advancements to these laws, the use of biological weaponry still cannot be justified in war.
Identifier: FAUHT00297 (IID)
Degree granted: Thesis (B.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2024
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