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Opposing perspectives on the drone debate /

Does the lethal use of drones pose any new or difficult moral problems? Or is the controversy over these weapons merely a distraction from deeper questions regarding the justice of war and the United States' bellicose foreign policy? Opposing Perspectives on the Drone Debate pulls no punches in...

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Main Authors: Strawser, Bradley Jay (Author)
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: New York, N.Y. :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Drone aircraft > United States.
Drone aircraft > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Drone aircraft > Government policy > United States.
War > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Drohne.
Kampfeinsatz.
Krieg.
Ethik.
Drönare (luftfarkost) > etik och moral.
Luftkrigföring > etik och moral.
Robotvapen > etik och moral.
Försvarspolitik > etik och moral.
United States > Military policy > Moral and ethical aspects.
USA.
Israel.
Förenta staterna.
Summary: Does the lethal use of drones pose any new or difficult moral problems? Or is the controversy over these weapons merely a distraction from deeper questions regarding the justice of war and the United States' bellicose foreign policy? Opposing Perspectives on the Drone Debate pulls no punches in answering these questions as five scholars square off in a lively debate over the ethics of drones and their contentious use in a point-counterpoint debate. The contributing authors are some of the foremost thinkers in international affairs today, spanning the disciplines of philosophy, sociology, political science, and law. Topics debated range from the US'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 more abstract moral questions raised by killing via remote control such as the duty to capture over kill.
Carrier Form: xiv, 199 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196).
ISBN: 9781137432612
1137432616
1137392258
9781137392251
1137390468
9781137390462
Index Number: UG1242
CLC: E712.54
Call Number: E712.54/S913
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 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.

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