Drones, courage, and military culture

In Jr Lucas (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics. Routledge. pp. 380-394 (2015)
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Abstract

In so far as long-range tele-operated weapons, such as the United States’ Predator and Reaper drones, allow their operators to fight wars in what appears to be complete safety, thousands of kilometres removed from those whom they target and kill, it is unclear whether drone operators either require courage or have the opportunity to develop or exercise it. This chapter investigates the implications of the development of tele-operated warfare for the extent to which courage will remain central to the role of the warrior and for the future culture of the armed services in the age of drone warfare.

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Robert Sparrow
Monash University

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