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Drone warfare : ethical explorations / Michelle Holloway, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ethical issues in the 21st century series.
- Ethical Issues in the 21st Century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drone aircraft--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Drone aircraft.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (86 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Novinka, 2016.
- Summary:
- With the increased use of armed drones has come closer scrutiny of the legal and ethical dimensions. In the first chapter of this book, the author makes an assessment of the lethal use of drone technologies, measured in terms of their legality, morality, and overall effectiveness. Armed unmanned aerial vehicles -- combat drones -- have fundamentally altered the ways the United States conducts military operations aimed at countering insurgent and terrorist organisations. Drones may reduce risks to human soldiers but the question arises as to whether they permit the initiation or escalation of conflict by promoting civic disengagement. The authors of the second chapter offer an analysis of the dimensions surrounding this argument.
- Contents:
- DRONE WARFARE ETHICAL EXPLORATIONS ; DRONE WARFARE ETHICAL EXPLORATIONS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 LETHAL AND LEGAL? THE ETHICS OF DRONE STRIKES* ; FOREWORD ; SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS A DRONE? ; Is It Legal? ; Jus Ad Bellum versus Jus in Bello ; Determining the Legitimacy of a Target ; Sovereignty ; The Law of Self-Defense ; Proportionality ; Is It Ethical? ; Are the Drones Targeting the Right People? ; Collateral Damage ; Other Negative Effects on Local Populations ; Perception of "Push Button Warfare" and "PlayStation Mentality" ; Is It Effective? ; Accuracy
- Winning the FightCost ; FUTURE USE OF DRONES FOR TARGETED KILLINGS; CONCLUSION ; RECOMMENDATIONS ; End Notes ; ABOUT THE AUTHOR ; End Notes - Biographical Sketch ; Chapter 2 THE ETHICS OF DRONE STRIKES: DOES REDUCING THE COST OF CONFLICT ENCOURAGE WAR?* ; FOREWORD; SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ; LITERATURE REVIEW; Casualty Aversion as a Constraint on War ; Drones and the Future of Risk-Free War ; Can Risk-Free War be Ethically Advantageous? ; Public Opinion and the Islamic State ; Survey Experiment ; THE IMPORTANCE OF CONFLICT TYPE ; CONCLUSION; End Notes ; ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- INDEX Blank Page
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 6, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-63485-104-8
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