Cool. really appreciate the exchange. I actually think you hold yourself to a very high standard.

If the thing I said about never getting to abrogate responsibility seems harsh that's because Kant is considered an impossible moral standard. But in a funny way it absolves you of some moral labour, because you __must_ :)

We may be talking at cross purposes a bit, between academic moral principles (like those of Kant, Petit, Mill and so on... which I don't expect everyone to magically know) and more pragmatic day-to-day ethics that I presume we all aspire to.

People have tried to post-facto control the uses of their work, for example using "no military use" licences. But these seem to be a weak instrument.

By the way, I did go into the robotics gig with eyes wide open, knowing it was a military/defence-funded project. good wishes.