Reflection

Today in class we spoke about the usage of drones to attack terrorists and the ethical argument of drones. At first I was unwilling to even consider the usage of drones as ethical, however after the debate we had in class, my point of view on this issue has changed slightly. My group had to argue the point that drones are ethical to use. Our arguments included
- Killing less of US military personnel in the process
- More accuracy (not an 18 year old pilot shooting on what he believes may be a terrorist) and possibly more moral warfare (no rape, urinating on enemies)
- Taking away our militaries moral decision
         Example : My argument of a ground troop having to decide to kill a child or not if it is pointing a gun at you . (Sorry to the classmate I put in this difficult position)
- Pinpointing targets to have a more or less clear "shooting?"

 This clearly ties in to the reading of the dirty hands. SOmetimes leaders are forced to preform actions they wouldn't necessarily wish to take, just so that they can have their end met and goals accomplished.