The Ethics of Drone Strikes: Does Reducing The Cost of Conflict Encourage War? - Softcover

Walsh, James Igoe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 132978412X ISBN 13: 9781329784123

Publisher: lulu.com, 2015

Synopsis

Armed unmanned aerial vehicles-combat drones-have fundamentally altered the ways the United States conducts military operations aimed at countering insurgent and terrorist organizations. Drone technology is on track to becoming an increasingly important part of the country's arsenal, as numerous unmanned systems are in development and will likely enter service in the future. The increasingly frequent use of drones raises profound questions about the nature and morality of warfare involving asymmetrical risks between opposing belligerents. Concerned citizens, academics, journalists, nongovernmental organizations, and policymakers have raised questions about the ethical consequences of drones and issued calls for their military use to be strictly regulated. This level of concern is evidence that the future of drone warfare not only hinges on technical innovations, but also on careful analysis of the moral and political dimensions of war. Regardless of whether drones are effective weapons...

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
MARCUS SCHULZKE is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He has published research on the morality of drone warfare, moral decision-making in combat, and just war theory for such journals as Political Studies, The Journal of Military Ethics, and Philosophy and Technology. Dr. Schulzke holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University at Albany, NY, with a dissertation on how soldiers make ethical decisions during counterinsurgency operations.

JAMES IGOE WALSH is Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC. His research interests include the military and political consequences of advanced weapons, links between natural resources and conflict, and intelligence and national security. His work has been supported by the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Homeland Security, the National Science Foundation, and the Minerva Research Initiative. Dr. Walsh is the author of The International Politics of Intelligence Sharing, published by Columbia University Press, New York, and was named an Outstanding Title by Choice. Dr. Walsh holds a Ph.D. in international relations from American University.

About this edition

• Publisher: lulu.com
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 132978412X
• ISBN 13: 9781329784123
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64