Killing from a Distance: A Christian Ethical Evaluation of CIA Targeted Drone Killings

This article provides an ethical evaluation of the CIA's use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) to target so-called terror suspects and insurgents. It utilises Christian informed deontological and virtue-ethical criteria to assess this practise. These criteria include just intent, charity...

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Main Author: Vorster, Nicolaas 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2015
In: Heythrop journal
Year: 2015, Volume: 56, Issue: 5, Pages: 836-849
IxTheo Classification:KBQ North America
NCD Political ethics
NCJ Ethics of science
ZC Politics in general
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