The good drone
While the military use of drones has been the subject of much scrutiny, the use of drones for humanitarian purposes has so far received little attention. As the starting point for this study, it is argued that the prospect of using drones for humanitarian and other life-saving a…
This second volume of Ethics for a digital age contains a selection of the research presented at the fifth and sixth Annual symposium on Digital Ethics hosted by the School of Communication at Loyola University Chicago. Thematically organized around the most pressing ethical iss…
The violent use of armed, unmanned aircraft ('drones') is increasing worldwide, but uncertainty persists about the moral status of remote-control killing and why it should be restrained. Practitioners, observers and potential victims of such violence often struggle to reconcile …
"This volume is a response to the continuing, worldwide increase in the acquisition and violent use of armed, uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs or 'drones'). Over the last two decades, many different types of drone have been developed and deployed primarily for military surveill…
The violent use of armed, unmanned aircraft ('drones') is increasing worldwide, but uncertainty persists about the moral status of remote-control killing and why it should be restrained.
Drones have become an essential part of U.S. national security strategy, but most Americans know little about how they are used, and we receive conflicting reports about their outcomes. In Drones and the Ethics of Targeted Killing, ethicist Kenneth R. Himes provides not only an …