The Ethical Use Of Drones
By conventional war, I mean an armed conflict that at least starts as a struggle between two states. Drones are ethically interesting, in part, because the case for drones is often made in moral terms. The paper will begin by following this recent controversy, focusing on the use of drones for targeted killings outside of a conventional war. Later in the paper, I will consider the ethical issues rose by drone use more generally. I will be using Kant’s Deontology, Utilitarianism and Levinas’ ideas on the role of the face in moral decisions. I use the term drone to describe Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, I will use the term unmanned drone to refer to those that are controlled directly by humans. Also, I will use the terms ethics and morality