Bradley Strawser is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He is also a Research Associate with Oxford's Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict. A prior Air Force Officer himself, Strawser's work specializes on the moral questions surrounding war and military ethics.

• Foreword ; Jeff McMahan ; I JUST WAR THEORY AND THE PERMISSIBILITY ; TO KILL BY REMOTE CONTROL ; 1. Introduction: The Moral Landscape of Unmanned Weapons ; Bradley J. Strawser ; 2. Just War Theory and Remote Military Technology: A Primer ; Matthew Hallgarth ; 3. Distinguishing Drones: An Exchange ; Asa Kasher and Avery Plaw ; II THE ETHICS OF DRONE EMPLOYMENT ; 4. Drones and Targeted Killing: Angels or Assassins? ; David Whetham ; 5. War without Virtue? ; Robert Sparrow ; 6. Robot Guardians: Teleoperated Combat Vehicles in Humanitarian ; Military Intervention ; Zack Beauchamp and Julian Savulescu ; 7. Counting the Dead: The Proportionality of Predation in Pakistan ; Avery Plaw ; 8. The Wizard of Oz Goes to War: Unmanned Systems in Counterinsurgency ; Rebecca J. Johnson ; 9. Killing Them Safely: Extreme Asymmetry and Its Discontents ; Uwe Steinhoff ; III AUTONOMOUS DRONES AND THE FUTURE OF ; UNMANNED WEAPONRY ; 10. Engineering, Ethics & Industry: the Moral Challenges of Lethal Autonomy ; George R. Lucas, Jr. ; 11. Autonomous Weapons Pose No Moral Problem ; Stephen Kershnar ; Index

a very welcome edition to this field of study, with eleven new essays that probe both the promise and the peril of these new ways of killing from a distance. ... Strawser has also done an admirable job of selecting essays that are authoritative and well researched, yet also very readable even for the non-expert. ... A major strength of the book is its freedom from explicit editoral bias for or against drones and their use.

Bradley Strawser is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He is also a Research Associate with Oxford's Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict. A prior Air Force Officer himself, Strawser's work specializes on the moral questions surrounding war and military ethics.

• Foreword ; Jeff McMahan ; I JUST WAR THEORY AND THE PERMISSIBILITY ; TO KILL BY REMOTE CONTROL ; 1. Introduction: The Moral Landscape of Unmanned Weapons ; Bradley J. Strawser ; 2. Just War Theory and Remote Military Technology: A Primer ; Matthew Hallgarth ; 3. Distinguishing Drones: An Exchange ; Asa Kasher and Avery Plaw ; II THE ETHICS OF DRONE EMPLOYMENT ; 4. Drones and Targeted Killing: Angels or Assassins? ; David Whetham ; 5. War without Virtue? ; Robert Sparrow ; 6. Robot Guardians: Teleoperated Combat Vehicles in Humanitarian ; Military Intervention ; Zack Beauchamp and Julian Savulescu ; 7. Counting the Dead: The Proportionality of Predation in Pakistan ; Avery Plaw ; 8. The Wizard of Oz Goes to War: Unmanned Systems in Counterinsurgency ; Rebecca J. Johnson ; 9. Killing Them Safely: Extreme Asymmetry and Its Discontents ; Uwe Steinhoff ; III AUTONOMOUS DRONES AND THE FUTURE OF ; UNMANNED WEAPONRY ; 10. Engineering, Ethics & Industry: the Moral Challenges of Lethal Autonomy ; George R. Lucas, Jr. ; 11. Autonomous Weapons Pose No Moral Problem ; Stephen Kershnar ; Index

a very welcome edition to this field of study, with eleven new essays that probe both the promise and the peril of these new ways of killing from a distance. ... Strawser has also done an admirable job of selecting essays that are authoritative and well researched, yet also very readable even for the non-expert. ... A major strength of the book is its freedom from explicit editoral bias for or against drones and their use.

Bradley Strawser is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He is also a Research Associate with Oxford's Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict. A prior Air Force Officer himself, Strawser's work specializes on the moral questions surrounding war and military ethics.

• Foreword ; Jeff McMahan ; I JUST WAR THEORY AND THE PERMISSIBILITY ; TO KILL BY REMOTE CONTROL ; 1. Introduction: The Moral Landscape of Unmanned Weapons ; Bradley J. Strawser ; 2. Just War Theory and Remote Military Technology: A Primer ; Matthew Hallgarth ; 3. Distinguishing Drones: An Exchange ; Asa Kasher and Avery Plaw ; II THE ETHICS OF DRONE EMPLOYMENT ; 4. Drones and Targeted Killing: Angels or Assassins? ; David Whetham ; 5. War without Virtue? ; Robert Sparrow ; 6. Robot Guardians: Teleoperated Combat Vehicles in Humanitarian ; Military Intervention ; Zack Beauchamp and Julian Savulescu ; 7. Counting the Dead: The Proportionality of Predation in Pakistan ; Avery Plaw ; 8. The Wizard of Oz Goes to War: Unmanned Systems in Counterinsurgency ; Rebecca J. Johnson ; 9. Killing Them Safely: Extreme Asymmetry and Its Discontents ; Uwe Steinhoff ; III AUTONOMOUS DRONES AND THE FUTURE OF ; UNMANNED WEAPONRY ; 10. Engineering, Ethics & Industry: the Moral Challenges of Lethal Autonomy ; George R. Lucas, Jr. ; 11. Autonomous Weapons Pose No Moral Problem ; Stephen Kershnar ; Index

a very welcome edition to this field of study, with eleven new essays that probe both the promise and the peril of these new ways of killing from a distance. ... Strawser has also done an admirable job of selecting essays that are authoritative and well researched, yet also very readable even for the non-expert. ... A major strength of the book is its freedom from explicit editoral bias for or against drones and their use.