Philosophy Wire: Automated drones, Murder and Human irresponsibility

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-05-08]: A U.S. drone fired missiles at a place where the allegedly successor of bin Laden - the U.S.-born radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki [source: CNN News]. The news describing such events are slowly but steadily moving towards having an alarmingly inhumane property... "A US drone"?!? "A US drone fired missiles"?!?!? Does that mean that the drone acted on its own?!?!? Hiding our role in war does not make us more human… If fact, it does the exact opposite…

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