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Emmanuel Goffi
E. Goffi in Salon-de-Provence, France, 2010
Born (1971-12-10) December 10, 1971 (age 52)
Lausanne, Switzerland
Nationality France
EducationInstitut d'études politiques de Paris
Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence
École militaire de l'air (French Air Force Academy)
OccupationFrench Air Force Officer
Notable workEthics
International relations
Political science

Emmanuel Roberto Goffi (born December 10, 1971), is a French Air Force Officer (Captain). He is also an ethicist and a specialist in international relations. His works mainly focus on military ethics and more specifically on the robotization of the battlefield.[1]

Capt. Goffi lectured in international relations and the Law of Armed Conflict at the French Air Force Academy for five years before he was appointed as a research associate at the Center for Aerospace Strategic Studies in Paris. Goffi also taught international relations at the DSI Diplomatic Studies Institute in Marseille, at the Management Institute of Paris and at the École supérieure de commerce et management (ESCEM) in Paris.[1] He is the author of Les armées françaises face à la morale: une réflexion au cœur des conflits modernes (Paris : L’Harmattan, 2011).[2]

Emmanuel Goffi is graduated from the French Air Force Military Academy and holds a Master's degree in Political Science from the Paris Institute of Political Science (Sciences Po) and a Research Master's degree in Political Science from the Aix Institute of Political Science. He is currently doing a PhD in Political Science at the Paris Institute of Political Science (Sciences Po-CERI).[3]

Biography[edit]

Military Career[edit]

Emmanuel Goffi joined the French Air Force in 1992 as a non-commissioned officer and specialized in electrotechnics.[4]

After a competitive exam he was admitted to join the French Air Force Military Academy in Salon de Provence in 2000.

Officer specialist in international relations and Communication he occupied positions as analyst, writer, lecturer and research associate in Paris and Salon de Provence.

Research[edit]

After two years in Science Po, during which he spent one semester at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, he started working on international relations focusing on military ethics. He then directed is research activities on ethical issues related to the use of drones[5] and military robots in modern conflicts[6][7], and its impact upon the profession of arms[8].

Through moral philosophy, he tries to offer new approaches for military ethics basing his reflections upon intersubjectivity, moral responsibility[9] , and moral freedom[10][11].

Captain Goffi is also writing a dissertation about supreme-sacrifice trying to show that the obligation to consent to sacrifice is a social construct which needs to be questioned in regard to modern military engagements[3].

Emmanuel Goffi is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba (Canada).

Teaching Activities[edit]

Emmanuel Goffi in Quantico in 2012.

Goffi mainly taught international relations focusing on great issues such as terrorism or environmental issues, French foreign policy, and international relations theories.

While posted at the French Air Force Academy he also provided courses on the law of armed conflicts and international relations ethics. He extensively worked on the organization of the international seminar on the law of armed conflicts (LOAC) yearly held at the French Air Force Academy[12], and on the building of the French Air Force Academy’s LOAC module and its integration to the "European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus" training program[13].

Works[edit]

Monograph[edit]

  • Les armées françaises face à la morale. Une réflexion au cœur des conflits modernes, Paris: L’Harmattan, coll. Histoire de la Défense, 2011, 216 p. (ISBN 978-2296542495)

Edited volumes[edit]

  • Sébastien MAZOYER, Jérôme LESPINOIS, Emmanuel GOFFI, Grégory BOUTHERIN, Christophe PAJON (coord.). Les drones aériens : passé, présent et avenir. Approche globale. Paris : La Documentation française, coll. Stratégie aérospatiale, 2013. 708 p. (ISBN 978-2110093769)
  • Grégory BOUTHERIN, Emmanuel GOFFI (dir.). L’Europe et sa défense. Paris : Choiseul, 2011. 280 p. (ISBN 978-2361590109)
  • Emmanuel GOFFI, Grégory BOUTHERIN (dir.). Les conflits et le droit. Paris: Choiseul, 2011. 200 p. (ISBN 978-2361590161)

Selected articles and books chapters[edit]

  • There is No Real Obligation to Obey Orders: Escaping from ‘Low Cost Deontology’. In Andrea ELLNER, Paul ROBINSON, David WHETHAM (Eds). When Soldiers Say No: Selective Conscientious Objection in the Modern Military. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2013. p. 43-68.
  • Robots de combat et morale : anticiper la responsabilité. Penser les ailes françaises. no 29, december 2013. p. 28-37.
  • Warbots Morality: Mainly a Matter of Responsibility. Dynamiques internationales, Robots on the Battlefield: What does it mean for international relations?, no 8, June 2013.
  • Drones aériens de combat et morale. Survol et éléments de réflexions. In Sébastien MAZOYER, Jérôme LESPINOIS, Emmanuel GOFFI, Grégory BOUTHERIN, Christophe PAJON (coord.). Les drones aériens : passé, présent et avenir. Approche globale. Paris : La Documentation française, coll. Stratégie aérospatiale, 2013. p. 349-368.
  • "Leadership in a World of Blurred Responsibilities" (PDF). In Paolo TRIPODI, Carroll J. CONNELLEY (eds.). Aspects of Leadership: Ethics, Law and Spirituality. Quantico VA: Marine Corps University Press, 2012. p. 87-110.
  • "The Morality of Lethal Autonomous Machines". CRUSER News, issue 14, April 2012.
  • Morale, éthique et puissance aérospatiale. In Grégory BOUTHERIN, Camille GRAND (dir.). Envol vers 2025. Réflexions prospectives sur la puissance aérospatiale. Paris: Documentation française, coll. Stratégie aérospatiale, 2011. p. 103-116.
  • Emmanuel GOFFI, Grégory BOUTHERIN. Le droit des conflits armés à l’épreuve de la technologie. Défense & Sécurité Internationale, no 72, July-August 2011. p. 34-38.
  • Expression libre. Inflexions. Civils et militaires : pouvoir dire, n° 22, Courage ! january 2013. p.119-127.
  • Grégory BOUTHERIN, Emmanuel GOFFI. Les UAVs armés sous le feu des débats. Revue Défence Nationale , no 735, december 2010. p. 114-120.

Selected talks[edit]

Emmanuel Goffi in Spain in 2010.
  • The Legitimacy of Warfare Fought by Robots: The Raise of A-Courageous Warriors, Autonomous, Unmanned Systems & Robotics Conference, Yes Planet Hall, Rishon LeZion, Israel. November 26-28, 2013.
  • Re-Thinking Courage in Light of Military Technology Improvement, International Society for Military Ethics, 2013 Conference Military Virtues and Contemporary Challenges, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, United States of America. October 13-16, 2013.
  • Lethal Autonomous Robotics and the Right to Life: Expert Consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. February 23rd, 2013.
  • Intersubjectivity in French Civil-Military Relations. The Need for Recognition. International Society for Military Ethics, 2012 Symposium Civil-Military Relations and Social Issues in the Military, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America. January 24-27, 2012.
  • Batman et l’éthique militaire, École des pupilles de l’Air, Grenoble, France. November 30th, 2011.
  • Explaining Ethics to Airmen. Food for thought, International Society for Military Ethics - European chapter, École Militaire, Paris, France. June 16-17, 2011.
  • Challenging Self-sacrifice - Is Technology the Executioner of Warrior’s Honor? 17th International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA. May 26-29, 2011.
  • Ethics and Technology in Modern Warfare: a Matter of Responsibility. International Society for Military Ethics, 2011 Symposium ‘The Ethics of Emerging Military Technologies’, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States of America. January 25-28, 2011.
  • The Impact of Technology on Self Sacrifice in Modern Conflicts - Are Soldiers Still Ready to Die? Postgraduate Conference, King’s College/Department of War Studies, Cumberland Lodge, Berkshire, UK. October 6-8, 2010.
  • The False Debate over the Morality of Robots on the Battlefield - Rediscovering the Principle of Responsibility. Expert Workshop on Arms Control for Robots - International Committee for Robots Arms Control, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany. September 20-22, 2010.



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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b SpeakersAcademy.com. "Biography of E.Goffi" on
  2. ^ (in French) Amazon.fr. "Les armées françaises face à la morale"
  3. ^ a b Sciences po-CERI website "User page of E.Goffi"
  4. ^ "Parcours officier" atypique d’un sous-officier électrotechnicien, official website of the French Air Force Officers Academy
  5. ^ (in French) Boutherin, Grégory; Goffi, Emmanuel (December 2010). "Les UAVs armés sous le feu des débats". Revue Défense Nationale. 735: p114-120. {{cite journal}}: |page= has extra text (help)
  6. ^ Goffi, Emmanuel (April 2012). "The Morality of Lethal Autonomous Machines". CRUSER News. {{cite journal}}: External link in |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "Robots go to war: The march of the robots". The Economist - Technology Quarterly. June 2nd, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |title= (help)
  8. ^ (in French) Pierre Martinez, Frédéric Coste, Adeline Taravella. "Relation homme-robot : prise en compte des nouveaux facteurs sociologiques" (PDF). {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 23 (help). IRSEM, EPS 2011-27, rapport final, 23 janvier 2012. (lit. Man-Robot Relationship, Taking into account the new sociological factors. Contains multiple references to Goffi's books.)
  9. ^ "Leadership in a World of Blurred Responsibilities"., in Paolo Tripodi and Carroll J. Connelley (eds.), Aspects of Leadership: Ethics, Law and Spirituality, Quantico, Marine Corps University Press, 2012, pp. 87-110.
  10. ^ (in French) "Expression libre". Inflexions. Civils et militaires : pouvoir dire. 22: pp. 119-127. January 2013. {{cite journal}}: |page= has extra text (help); External link in |volume= (help)
  11. ^ Ellner, Andrea; Robinson, Paul; Whetham, David (eds.). "There is No Real Moral Obligation to Obey Orders. Escaping from 'Low Cost Deontology'". When Soldiers Say No: Selective Conscientious Objection in the Modern Military. Ashgate. ISBN 9781472412140.
  12. ^ (in French) "Le séminaire international de droit des conflits armés 2010." (PDF). (lit. International Seminar on Laws of Armed Conflicts of 2010)
  13. ^ Standard curriculum for the common module on the Law of Armed Conflicts under the European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers. "The Law of Armed Conflicts.".

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