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Deane-Peter Baker
Deane-Peter Baker is a philosopher, ethicist, and author who currently teaches as an Associate Professor of Ethics at the University of New South Wales, Canberra.

Though he started his academic career as a philosopher and epistemologist, Baker's research over the past decade has been primarily focused on military ethics, with particular focus on special forces and the use of autonomous weapons in military conflicts.

Education
Baker completed his BA (Hons) in Philosophy, and two master's degrees, in philosophy and political science respectively, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He was awarded his PhD in philosophy by Macquarie University.

Career
Baker began his academic career teaching ethics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. In addition to teaching, Baker served as Convenor of the South African Army Strategy Research group, he also held a leadership role in the Umvoti Mounted Rifles, during his time in the South African Army Reserve, from which he resigned in 2009 with the rank of Major.

After teaching at UKZN for 11 years he moved to Annapolis, Maryland where he taught for two and a half years at the United States Naval Academy. Baker is currently an Associate Professor of Ethics at the University of New South Wales Canberra campus, where he has taught since 2014. At UNSW Baker leads the Future Operations Research Group, alongside colleague David Kilcullen. The group considers factors such as urbanisation, climate change, emerging forms of warfare, and advances in technology in analysing the likely threats, risks, and opportunities military forces are likely to face in the 2030-2050 timeframe. Baker also frequently consults for Australia's Special Operations Command and delivers the Special Operations Training and Education Centre's annual, week long Ethics in Special Operations and Irregular Warfare course at the Holsworthy Barracks. Baker developed, and stars in, the first Massive Open Online Course on military ethics, titled Military Ethics: an Introduction which is offered by UNSW.

Baker is currently a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Kings College London Centre for Military Ethics. From 2017-2019 he served as a panelist on the International Panel on the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons. He has previously held visiting fellowships at the Triangle Institute for Security Studies and the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College, and was a Research Associate at the Centre for Applied Ethics at Stellenbosch University.

Personal Life
Baker has 3 daughters, Jemimah, Keziah, and Amelia, with his wife Polly.

Books

 * Alvin Plantinga. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007. ISBN 9780521671439


 * Tayloring Reformed Epistemology: Charles Taylor, Alvin Plantinga and the de Jure Challenge to Christian Belief. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007/8/9. ISBN 9780334041535
 * Private Military and Security Companies (With Andrew Alexander and Marina Caparini). Oxford: Taylor & Frances Group. 2008/9. ISBN 9780415570305
 * New Partnerships for a New Era. Pennsylvania: Strategic Studies Institute. 2009. ISBN 9781304889157
 * Just Warriors, Inc.: The Ethics of Privatized Force. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2010/11. ISBN 9781441134172
 * South Africa and Contemporary Counterinsurgency: Roots, Practices, Prospects (With Evert Jordaan). Lansdowne: Double Storey Publishers. 2010/11. ISBN 9781919895338
 * The South African Navy and African Maritime Security. New York: Scholar's Choice. 2015. ISBN 9781297048104
 * Key Concepts in Military Ethics. Randwick: NewSouth Publishing. 2015. ISBN 9781742234380
 * Citizen Killings: Liberalism, State Policy and Moral Risk. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2016. ISBN 9781472575425
 * Morality and Ethics at War: Bridging the Gaps Between the Soldier and the State. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2020. ISBN 9781350104549
 * Should We Ban Killer Robots?. Oxford: Polity Press. 2022. ISBN 9781509548521
 * The Ethics of Special Ops (With Roger Herbert and David Whetham). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023. ISBN 9781009292054


 * Ethics at War: How Should Military Personnel Make Ethical Decisions? (With Rufus Black, Roger Herbert, and Iain King) Oxford: Taylor & Frances Group. 2023. ISBN 9781032321219