The Ethics of Troubled Images | Zendy

Bruce Buchan | Zendy; Margaret Gibson | Zendy; Amanda Howell | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

The Ethics of Troubled Images

Author(s) -

Bruce Buchan,

Margaret Gibson,

Amanda Howell

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

cultural studies review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116

H-Index - 2

eISSN - 1837-8692

pISSN - 1446-8123

DOI - 10.5130/csr.v24i2.6319

Subject(s) - project commissioning , art , media studies , publishing , aesthetics , sociology , literature

When a former drone pilot for the United States Airforce was asked to describe his experienceof directing lethal strikes on selected targets over distances of many thousands of kilometres,he said:Ever step on ants and never give it another thought? That’s what you are made to think ofthe targets – as just black blobs on a screen. You start to do these psychological gymnastics tomake it easier to do what you have to do… You had to kill part of your conscience to keep doingyour job every day…

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research