Opposing perspectives on the drone debate / by Bradley Jay Strawser with Lisa Hajjar, Steven Levine, Feisal H. Naqvi, John Fabian Witt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strawser, Bradley Jay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drone aircraft--United States.

Drone aircraft.

Drone aircraft--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Drone aircraft--Government policy--United States.

War--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

War.

Military policy.

War--Moral and ethical aspects.

Government policy.

United States--Military policy--Moral and ethical aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 199 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, [2014]

Summary:

Does the lethal use of drones pose any new or difficuit Problems? Or is the controversy over these weapons merely a distraction from deeper questions regarding the justice of war and the United States's bellicose foreign policy? Opposing Perspectives on the Drone Debate pulls no punches in answering these questions as five scholars square off in a lively point-counterpoint debate over the ethics of drones and their contentious use. the contributing authors are some of the foremost thinkers in international affairs today, spanning the disciplines of philosophy, sociology, Political science, and law topics debates range from the United States's contested policy of so called "targeted killing" in Pakistan's tribal regions, to fears over the damaging effects such weaponry has on our democratic institutions to the mote abstract moral questions raised by killing via remote control such as the duty to capture overkill Book jacket.

Contents:

Opening argument

More heat than light: the vexing complexities of the drone debate / Bradley Jay Strawser

First round of responses

Is targeted killing war? / Lisa Hajjar

Drones threaten democratic decision-making / Steven Levine

Even war has limits / Feisal H. Naqvi

On adopting a posture of moral neutrality / John Fabian Witt

Strawser's response

Reply to critics: no easy answers / Bradley Jay Strawser

Second round of responses

A sociological intervention on drones and targeted killing / Lisa Hajjar

Drones: between principle and policy / Steven Levine

The other side of the line / Feisal Naqvi

A duty to capture? / John Fabian Witt

Concluding response

Arguing in good faith about drones / Bradley Jay Strawser.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196)

ISBN:

9781137432612

1137432616

OCLC:

869919547