This paper analyzes an article discussing the ethics and morality of drone operations by the U.S. government. The article “Is Obama’s Drone War Moral?” by Matt Peterson provides the argument and basis for this analysis. This paper will break down the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments written in the article. This article uses both deductive and inductive arguments as well as fallacies.
Drones look like little remote control helicopters but with cameras in them. Some people fly these just for fun, but sometimes they can be used in the military. However, they have been seen to be becoming an invasion of privacy. Recently, there was a Kentucky man who shot down a drone that was hovering over the houses in his neighborhoods. In an article, he was asked and interviewed about the situation and said, “...To me, it was the same as trespassing”(Hawkins).
Our Innocent Lives At Stake A drone strike can kill a person in one room of a house, also people in the room next door, to even across the street like a school. There has been cases where the drones have had civilians attacked while along the intended target. These were all unplanned deaths, all innocent deaths. I oppose the use of drones in warfare. From all the drone strikes killing innocent people or putting their lives at stake and ours, is a horrendous movement, that’s why in my opinion I think we shouldn’t have drones.
In the article,”Drones and GIS: A Look at the Legal and Ethical Issues”by Caitlin Dempsey, describes the negative characteristics of drones. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has set several laws on these hazardous toys. For instance, the FAA made restrictions on how high a drone can fly, where it can fly, and keeping all drones under control. Privacy is the main problem in the moral use of drones.
They are being forced to be compliant even if that's not what they want to
US NEWS informs us, “Drones in Seattle and Miami are equipped with video cameras capable of taking daytime and nighttime video, as are drones used by the Texas Department of Public Safety.” In 1989 Supreme Court decision ruled that police may use helicopters to peer into semiprivate areas including the backyard of a house without first obtaining a warrant. The Congressional Research Service furthermore states “The legal issues discussed in this report will likely remain unresolved until the civilian use of drones becomes more widespread”. The fourth amendment prohibits any search and seizures without a warrant.
Recently there has been an advancement in the capability of technological innovation that has risen ethical and moral questions of how, when, why, where, and the manner of which such technology should be used. Journalist and public speaker, Conor Friedersdorf, published his speech “Distant Death: The Case for a Moratorium on Drone strikes,” in 2013 in the politically moderate The Atlantic. Because of this moderate view, there is no set biased amongst the audience for Friedersdorf to work against, instead his job is to persuade the audience to agree with his view on a suspension of drone strikes. Friedersdorf has a background in politics, philosophy, and economics that he focuses his journalism and research on, thus the audience would expect
The Spanish Bourbon family came into rule of Spain and its New Spain colonies with the crowning of Philip V in 1713 (Meyer, et al 2010). This crowing brought with it new political reforms from the Spanish Bourbons to try and recover their control over New Spain. At this point, Philip V had to begin to replenish the distraught nation of Spain. The last of the Spanish Hapsburg lineage, Charles II, had neglected his country and saw it wither to close despair before his death in 1700 (Lecture Notes). What the Bourbon crown did economically was open areas for silver to be extracted more easily in New Spain soil, it made sure the church was again under their control, and it instigated a new political ruling class.
Uses of drones is one of the biggest reasons of new technology affecting the 4th amendment. Uses of drones is allowing that person to fly this piece of technology and see what somebody is doing. This is invading privacy, you're basically searching someone by watching them and seeing what's going on, and you have no warrant to do so. Drones need to be modified I believe. The next reason is the Apple and FBI disputes.
Drone strikes reduce the risks of civilian casualties: United States has been using drone campaign for a while as a counterterrorism program in order to kill the Islamic state leaders in Syria. As it is known, the first US drone attack happened during this year on August, 3. This drone was launched
Absolute monarchs had many positive effects in art, and economy in European countries that made people’s lives better by making certain art popular, and making many investments which led to strong economies. First of all, in economy, rulers took taxes and put them into companies, one example is King Louis XIV who strengthened his economy greatly by investing in companies. He also helped the belief in Mercantilism which meant that they wouldn’t allow wealth to leave the country. Monarchs protected their economy in such ways as placing high tariffs or even, giving money to French companies when in need. The significance of the strengthening of economy led to a strong country that had enough wealth to create a strong army, meaning they could
The crime rate will go way down, because citizens are being held accountable for their actions. People will be a lot safer and are much safer due to the airport screenings. Drones can sweep over an area and check on everything, which can prevent crime, but also can check for house fires and public disturbances. For example, if a lady falls into her pool and can't swim, and she lives home alone, someone can notify the public ambulance services, and she might be able to be saved and\or pulled out of the pool.
When we think about drone or UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), first thing comes to our mind is; frightening, alien looking unmanned aircraft that has been involved with so many bombings and targeted killings. In “Drone Home: What Happens When Drones Return to America”, from Time, Lev Grossman wrote drones are dreaded all around the globe, and possibly they have gotten this fear through the United States Military. Drone technology has been greatly improved last decade, now third of entire Air Force’s fleet is unmanned. U.S Government is sending drones to many war zones to eliminate high-ranking enemies or do surveillance successfully. Even though this rapidly growing technology is changing our perspective of war, it also changing our everyday life drastically to help our community.
Qaddafi and Anwar are just two examples that drones have helped for the better of the U.S. In August 2009 Taliban leader Baltullah Mehsud’s death was announced, a missile shot from an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) was responsible. Six years later, the U.S. Air Force is saying that the unmanned combat missions have increased by 600%. To protect human lives, Cummings said, “I would rather send a bunch of robots to do a mine-sweeping mission, possibly with human oversight several miles away” (Tucker,
