03337nam 2200685 450 991079766540332120210311111955.01-350-22390-51-78360-549-910.5040/9781350223905(CKB)3710000000476350(MiAaPQ)EBC4707861(OCoLC)921249132(CaBNVSL)9781350223905(Au-PeEL)EBL4707861(CaPaEBR)ebr11351888(CaONFJC)MIL830440(EXLCZ)99371000000047635020210311h20212015 uy 0engurcn|||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWe kill because we can from soldiering to assassination in the drone age /Laurie CalhounLondon, England :Zed Books,2015.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20211 online resource (xvi, 400 pages)1-78360-551-0 1-78360-548-0 Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-369), filmography (pages 371-373), and index.Find. Drone Nation -- From black ops to standard operating procedure -- The logic of targeted killing -- Lethal creep -- Fix. Strike first, suppress questions later -- The new banality of killing -- The operators -- From conscience to oblivion -- Finish. Death and politics -- Death and taxes -- The death of military virtue -- Tyrants are as tyrants do."Welcome to the Drone Age. Where self-defense has become naked aggression. Where courage has become cowardice. Where black ops have become standard operating procedure. In this remarkable and often shocking book, Laurie Calhoun dissects the moral, psychological, and cultural impact of remote-control killing in the twenty-first century. Can a drone operator conducting a targeted killing be likened to a mafia hitman? What difference, if any, is there between the Trayvon Martin case and the drone killing of a teen in Yemen? We Kill Because We Can takes a scalpel to the dark heart of Western foreign policy in order to answer these and many other troubling questions"--Page 4 of cover.From soldiering to assassination in the drone ageMilitary robotsMoral and ethical aspectsDrone aircraftMoral and ethical aspectsWeapons systemsAutomationMoral and ethical aspectsWarMoral and ethical aspectsAutonomous robotsUnited StatesMilitary ethicsMilitarismEthicsGeopoliticsbicsscUnited StatesArmed ForcesWeapons systemsAutomationMilitary robotsMoral and ethical aspects.Drone aircraftMoral and ethical aspects.Weapons systemsAutomationMoral and ethical aspects.WarMoral and ethical aspects.Autonomous robotsMilitary ethics.MilitarismEthics.Geopolitics172.42Calhoun Laurie1565285AU@CaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910797665403321We kill because we can3834814UNINA