Armed Drones and the Ethics of War - Military Virtue in a Post-Heroic Age

Informationen zum Autor Christian Enemark is a Reader in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Klappentext This book assesses the ethical implications of using armed unmanned aerial vehicles (so-called 'hunter-killer drones'), such as the Predator and Reaper, in contemporary conflicts such as Afghanistan and Yemen. Zusammenfassung This book assesses the ethical implications of using armed unmanned aerial vehicles (so-called ‘hunter-killer drones’), such as the Predator and Reaper, in contemporary conflicts such as Afghanistan and Yemen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Post-heroic war and armed drones 3. Drones and the war threshold 4. Conducting drone warfare: the case of Pakistan 5. Radical asymmetry and the moral equality of combatants 6. Drone operators and the warrior ethos 7. Autonomous drones and post-human war 8. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Christian Enemark, Christian (Australian National University) Enemark, Enemark Christian
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2013
• EAN: 9780415540520
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54052-0
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 13 mm
• Series: War, Conflict and Ethics; War, Conflict and Ethics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Weapons & equipment, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science, Weapons and equipment