Global Ethics Corner: When Are Drones Strikes Ethical?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
Length: 01:53
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Global Ethics Corner is a weekly 2 minute segment devoted to newsworthy ethical issues. It presents both sides of an issue, asking viewers to weigh the information and make up their own minds.
Transcript
Once the stuff of science fiction, unmanned, remotely piloted aircraft have emerged over the last decade as an integral part of the United States' military strategy in the so-called "war on terror."
Targeted drone strikes have been used to kill Islamic militants in Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, and elsewhere.
But the American government never formally acknowledged the use of drones against al-Qaeda.
Until now.
President Obama's top counterterrorism adviser John O. Brennan recently gave a speech defending the use of drones. Brennan said the Obama administration believes targeted drone strikes are not only legal and wise, but ethical as well.
He pointed to three key principles that the administration considers when planning a targeted drone strike. First, there's the principle of necessity. By that he means that the target should have a definite military value. Second, there's the princip...
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