Moral predators: The duty to employ uninhabited aerial vehicles

Journal of Military Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-368

  Strawser, Bradley Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Drones; Just war theory; Protection; Risk; UAVs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960302886     PISSN: 15027570     EISSN: 15027589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15027570.2010.536403     Document Type: Article

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