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Opposing Perspectives on the Drone Debate

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  1. Bradley Jay Strawser
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  2. Lisa Hajjar
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  3. Steven Levine
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  4. Feisal H. Naqvi
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  5. John Fabian Witt
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Bradley Jay Strawser, Lisa Hajjar, Steven Levine, Feisal H. Naqvi, John Fabian Witt
      Pages 1-2

  3. Opening Argument

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
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    2. More Heat Than Light

      • Bradley Jay Strawser
      Pages 5-18

  4. First Round of Responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Is Targeted Killing War?

      • Lisa Hajjar
      Pages 21-29

    3. Drones Threaten Democratic Decision Making

      • Steven Levine
      Pages 33-37

    4. Even War Has Limits

      • Feisal Naqvi
      Pages 39-47

    5. On Adopting a Posture of Moral Neutrality

      • John Fabian Witt
      Pages 49-55

  5. Strawser’s Response

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Reply to Critics

      • Bradley Jay Strawser
      Pages 59-80

  6. Second Round of Responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. A Sociological Intervention on Drones and Targeted Killing

      • Lisa Hajjar
      Pages 83-113

    3. Drones

      • Steven Levine
      Pages 115-126

    4. The Other Side of the Line

      • Feisal Naqvi
      Pages 127-136

    5. A Duty to Capture?

      • John Fabian Witt
      Pages 137-146

  7. Concluding Response

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Arguing in Good Faith about Drones

      • Bradley Jay Strawser
      Pages 149-185

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 187-201
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Does the lethal use of drones pose any new or difficult moral problems? Or is the controversy over these weapons merely a distraction from deeper questions regarding the justice of war and the United States' bellicose foreign policy? Opposing Perspectives on the Drone Debate pulls no punches in answering these questions as five scholars square off in a lively debate over the ethics of drones and their contentious use in a point-counterpoint debate. The contributing authors are some of the foremost thinkers in international affairs today, spanning the disciplines of philosophy, sociology, political science, and law. Topics debated range from the US's contested policy of so-called "targeted killing" in Pakistan's tribal regions to fears over the damaging effects such weaponry has on our democratic institutions to the more abstract moral questions raised by killing via remote control such as the duty to capture over kill.

About the authors

Bradley J. Strawser is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Naval Postgraduate School , USA, and Research Associate at Oxford University's Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, UK.

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