Just War contra Drone Warfare
In this article, I present a two-pronged argument for the immorality of contemporary, asymmetric drone warfare, based on my new interpretations of the just war principles of “proportionality” and “moral equivalence of combatants” (MEC). The justification for these new interpretations is that drone...
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In this article, I present a two-pronged argument for the immorality of contemporary, asymmetric drone warfare, based on my new interpretations of the just war principles of “proportionality” and “moral equivalence of combatants” (MEC). The justification for these new interpretations is that drone warfare continues to this day, having survived despite arguments against it that are based on traditional interpretations of just war theory (including one from Michael Walzer). On the basis of my argument, I echo Harry Van der Linden’s call for “an international treaty banning all weaponized UAV [uninhabited aerial vehicles].”
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| spelling | doaj.art-e2c1e646668f45e2aa587d2967e5244e2024-01-02T08:49:01ZengThe NKUA Applied Philosophy Research LaboratoryConatus - Journal of Philosophy2653-93732459-38422023-12-018210.12681/cjp.34306Just War contra Drone WarfareJoshua M. Hall0The University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States In this article, I present a two-pronged argument for the immorality of contemporary, asymmetric drone warfare, based on my new interpretations of the just war principles of “proportionality” and “moral equivalence of combatants” (MEC). The justification for these new interpretations is that drone warfare continues to this day, having survived despite arguments against it that are based on traditional interpretations of just war theory (including one from Michael Walzer). On the basis of my argument, I echo Harry Van der Linden’s call for “an international treaty banning all weaponized UAV [uninhabited aerial vehicles].” https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/Conatus/article/view/34306just war theorydronesproportionality principlemoral equivalence of combatantsMichael WalzerHarry Van der Linden |
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| topic | just war theory drones proportionality principle moral equivalence of combatants Michael Walzer Harry Van der Linden |
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