The morality of remote-controlled killing

Published 11 November 2011

Israel has been using UAVs in its war against terrorists for a while now, and under President Barack Obama, the United has dramatically increased its use of UAVs in its fight against al Qaeda and its affiliates in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Sudan. This increasing use of UAVs has given rise to moral dilemmas, and debates are underway in the media and academia over the legitimacy and morality of such attacks.

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