The Ethical use of Unmanned Aircraft

"Miscellaneous ideas"

  • autonomously functioning aircraft

-defining autonomy as it relates to tech


  • future ethical concerns

-rapidly advancing distancing technology


-superior combative capabilities


-'new weaponry'

-issues of moral new weaponry use throughout history

  • recognizing a historic pattern
    -addressing possible future realities

-explaining the concept of spatial dimension in relation to moral concerns


  • psychological effects of distance on human moral judgment

-removing the human aspect of battle

-optimistic perspective of drones


-media portrayals of attack drones

Weapon Morality as it relates to Spatial
Dimension

text

Historical Context of immoral 'new weaponry

Advanced Technology as it Relates to New weaponry

The Meaning of Autonomy as it Relates to Unmanned aircraft

'New weapon' Immorality

Ethical concerns

Advanced weaponized technology

Distance intimacy and ethical concerns

Spatial dimension and ethical concerns

Ethical concerns related to imperfect imaging imaging technology and targeting systems

Moral concerns

click to edit

click to edit

Impact on surrounding communities

psychological impacts on drone operators

Reality of non-combatant deaths

remote targeting systems

Potential discussion orientation

click to edit

autonomous functioning of drones

Technological trajectory of rapidly advancing weaponized technology

Historical Context

examples of new weapon immorality throughout history

potential future outcomes of drone use considering history

New era of new weapon immorality different than any historical example due to complete removal of human aspect