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The ethics of drone warfare

Author(s) -

Aleksandar Fatić

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

filozofija i drustvo

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116

H-Index - 1

eISSN - 2334-8577

pISSN - 0353-5738

DOI - 10.2298/fid1702349f

Subject(s) - offensive , drone , epistemology , environmental ethics , sociology , law , engineering ethics , political science , philosophy , operations research , engineering , genetics , biology

The paper investigates the compatibility of the modern technologies of warfare, specifically the use of offensive drones, with traditional military ethics and suggests that the new technologies radically change the value system of the military in ways which make large parts of the traditional military ethics inapplicable. The author suggests that Agamben’s concept of ‘effectivity’ through ‘special actions’ which mark one’s belonging to a particular community or profession is a useful conceptual strategy to explore the compatibility of drone warfare with traditional military ethics; this strategy shows mixed results at best

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