Just war and the argument of Drones
(2014) SIMV73 20132Graduate School
Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This paper set out to examines United States growing use of drones in order to counter terrorism. In recent years the amount of drone strikes has increased dramatically primary because of the unique capabilities which allows the state to wage war without the loss of human soldiers. Drones offer a low cost and a low risk solution which has grown very popular within military circles. This paper focus on the ethical dilemmas connected to the use of drones by situating it within the tradition of just war. The findings of the paper are that drones pose several concerns to the principle of Jus ad bellum and jus in bello in regard to discrimination, necessity, authority, just cause etc. However, due to the absence of legal and humanitarian... (More)
- This paper set out to examines United States growing use of drones in order to counter terrorism. In recent years the amount of drone strikes has increased dramatically primary because of the unique capabilities which allows the state to wage war without the loss of human soldiers. Drones offer a low cost and a low risk solution which has grown very popular within military circles. This paper focus on the ethical dilemmas connected to the use of drones by situating it within the tradition of just war. The findings of the paper are that drones pose several concerns to the principle of Jus ad bellum and jus in bello in regard to discrimination, necessity, authority, just cause etc. However, due to the absence of legal and humanitarian consensus surrounding the legality of drones, combined with a lack of transparency, it hard to reach a valid conclusion. (Less)
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- author
- Glans, Caroline LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Revisiting the ethical dilemmas behind the use of drones
- course
- SIMV73 20132
- year
- 2014
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Jus ad bellum, jus in bello, Drones, United States, The War on terror
- language
- English
- id
- 4229045
- date added to LUP
- 2014-01-27 11:31:59
- date last changed
- 2014-01-27 11:31:59
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