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The Good Drone (Hardcover)
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The Good Drone (Hardcover)
Series: Emerging Technologies, Ethics and International Affairs
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While the military use of drones has been the subject of much
scrutiny, the use of drones for humanitarian purposes has so far
received little attention. As the starting point for this study, it
is argued that the prospect of using drones for humanitarian and
other life-saving activities has produced an alternative discourse
on drones, dedicated to developing and publicizing the endless
possibilities that drones have for "doing good". Furthermore, it is
suggested that the Good Drone narrative has been appropriated back
into the drone warfare discourse, as a strategy to make war "more
human". This book explores the role of the Good Drone as an
organizing narrative for political projects, technology development
and humanitarian action. Its contribution to the debate is to take
stock of the multiple logics and rationales according to which
drones are "good", with a primary objective to initiate a critical
conversation about the political currency of "good". This study
recognizes the many possibilities for the use of drones and takes
these possibilities seriously by critically examining the
difference the drones' functionalities can make, but also what
difference the presence of drones themselves - as unmanned and
flying objects - make. Discussed and analysed are the implications
for the drone industry, user communities, and the areas of crisis
where drones are deployed.
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