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The Moral Case for High-Tech Weapons

New Atlantis (Washington, D.C.), 2017 (53), p.136-143

Copyright Ethics And Public Policy Center Summer/Fall 2017 ;ISSN: 1543-1215 ;EISSN: 1555-5569

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  • Title:
    The Moral Case for High-Tech Weapons
  • Author: Ceren, Merav
  • Subjects: Apartments ; Casualties ; Civilians ; Employment ; Military strategy ; Reviews & Reconsiderations ; Weapons
  • Is Part Of: New Atlantis (Washington, D.C.), 2017 (53), p.136-143
  • Description: Spurred by the digital revolution and pressured by Western moral standards about protecting innocent life, advances in battlefield technology have fundamentally changed the way we fight wars. Armies can now use pinpointed weapons to minimize civilian casualties. They can fire missiles at a single apartment in a crowded building, can identify the car of a terror cell leader and monitor it until it passes into an isolated area and be destroyed with a drone, and can use cyber tools to remotely disable weapons systems without ever dropping a bomb. In short, precision weapons offer a more moral way to target enemies and their military assets, especially when non-state fighters use urban settings and civilians to shield themselves. These weapons, and their wise employment on the battlefield, are developments we should largely praise and sustain, even as important questions remain about how to employ them lawfully and about the true extent of their reduction of civilian casualties.
  • Publisher: Washington: Center for the Study of Technology and Society in partnership with the Ethics and Public Policy Center
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1543-1215
    EISSN: 1555-5569
  • Source: Freely Accessible Journals
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