Reductio ad absurdum

Today, the technological innovation of drones has become an increasingly controversial topic. In the war against ISIS, and terrorist targets in Syria, drone attacks have replaced on the ground combat as the primary fighting mechanism of The United States Military. Evidence presented for and against aspectual U.S. drone attacks on ISIS and Syria are both valid and compelling, but the evidence against U.S. drone attacks resonates more clearly with a humanitarian outlook, as drone attacks against…

“In our democracy, where the government is truly an agent of popular will, military policy is dependent on public opinion, and our organization for war will be good or bad as the public is well informed or poorly informed.” George C. Marshall. The armed forces support the government during international interaction when diplomacy and the police does not work. According to the U.S. Military Strategy “the U.S. militaries propose is to protect our nation and win wars.” In the globalized world,…

grounds in this situation. The first portion of the Just War Theory is jus ad bellum, or just initiation of war. This means that in…

THE ETHICS OF DRONE WARFARE Introduction Recent developments in technology have made possible the creation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are capable of operating at high altitudes for extended periods of time. These UAVs are capable of deploying precision guided weapons, and can be controlled remotely from the other side of the world. This means that American UAV pilots are able to kill with the push of a button from thousands of miles away. In addition to these advancements are…

field of critical ethical reflection and moral decision making. This is the reason there are nearly as many Just War theories as there are just war theorists. Just War theorists are focused on the grounds for going to war in the first place, or Jus ad Bellum principles, and with that standards of ethical conduct that soldiers are expected to abide by while in combat, or Jus in Bello principles. Historically, studies and arguments of ethical theory have helped lay the foundation for evolving…

Over the past thirteen days I have been challenged to look at airpower and its influence on national security more closely. As a civilian employee with no experience as a uniformed Airman this has proven to be a daunting task. From examining ways of maintaining air superiority to discussing the principles of war and how they have evolved from conflict to conflict has been a humbling experience and helped me to realize my work is meaningful and interrelated to the Air Forces ‘primary mission, “to…

unconvinced that the nation should be heavily involved in the war. They were appalled at the destruction which the war entailed and Buddhists set themselves on fire to demonstrate their hostility toward the war. The New York Times even ran an anti-war ad signed by 6,400 academics. As these demonstrations grew stronger the President became more determined that he would not be deflected from his goal of victory, supporting the idea of omitting reason for involvement. Cawthrone explains that…

The “Just War Theory” (JWT) is a body of thought that has been constructed over many centuries. The theory is widely contested and has many critics. JWT discusses certain situations and instances in which the use of physical force is “justified” to accomplish desired outcomes. I consider this physical force or aggressive action an act of “war.” In my work, I will discuss how the environment is incorporated into this, and if it plays a factor in justifying “aggressive acts.” I will also take…

Arjuna believes that the war is just and convinces him to fight. There is a theory known as the “just war theory” which details the legitimacy beginning a conflict and proper actions during the conflict. This theory consists of two major parts (Jus Ad Bellum the right to go to war, and Jus in Bello how combatants should act) that themselves can be broken down to smaller individual elements. Some of these smaller elements will be applied to show that the war whose prelude is detailed in the Gita…

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