It’s important that this work builds on existing ethical and human rights traditions. I’ve been impressed by the US military’s deep and long-standing focus on ethical decision-making. This hasn’t freed the armed forces from ethical lapses or, at times, enormous mistakes, but, as I learned from individuals ranging from senior generals to a West Point cadet, one can’t graduate from an American military academy without taking a course in ethics.29 The same is not yet true for computer science majors at many American universities.
