Adam C Gastineau

University of NSW at Canberra, Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Defence Force Academy, Adjunct

Charles Sturt University, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Sessional Tutor

The Australian National University, Philosophy, Alumnus

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I teach regularly as a Sessional Staff Member at the Australian Defense Force Academy, UNSW Canberra, and am now looking to move into work in public policy. I have contributed several short pieces to an introductory textbook on Just War Theory, and am a co-author of the National Security College Occasional Paper ‘Cybersecurity: Mapping the Ethical Terrain’.

My area of specialization is Applied Ethics; specifically Police and Military Ethics. I completed my Master of Philosophy (MPhil) with the Centre for Moral, Social, and Political Theory at Australian National University in 2016. Prior to coming to CMSPT I was a Research Assistant with the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics and received an MA in Public and Applied Ethics (MA(PAE) (Hons)) from CAPPE ANU. My past research focuses primarily on the balance between state or political power and individual rights, with a focus on Grey Zone/Irregular Conflict.

I have also presented papers on the moral boundaries of police discretion, permissible use of lethal force, the problem of 'dirty-hands' and noble-cause corruption in policing, and the limits of legitimate cyber-surveillance in liberal democracies. I have also written on ethical issues pertaining to professional duty of care, and targeted killing.
Supervisors: Seth Lazar, Christian Barry, Nicholas Southwood, and Scott Wisor

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Policing Cyberthreats: Regulating Exceptional Police Actions

The principles of necessity and proportionality

A Problem of Paradigms: Grounding Asymmetric Institutional Permissions for the Use of Lethal Force

This is a common view perhaps best expressed in popular media by Commander Adama of Battlestar Ga... more This is a common view perhaps best expressed in popular media by Commander Adama of Battlestar Galactica: "There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." Water (Sci-Fi Channel, 2005), Marita Grabiak (dir.). 2 This blurring is evident in the statements made by many politicians and policy makers when speaking about irregular conflict. For example, see the remarks made by President Barack Obama after the death of Osama Bin Laden in which it is unclear if the purpose of the operation was to kill a combatant, or bring a criminal to justice. B. Obama, 'Remarks by the President on Osama Bin Laden', (Washington D.C.: Office of the Press Secretary, 2011). It is also evident in the descriptive accounts of current security challenges faced by police and military institutions.

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