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America is at an important turning point. Remote warfare is not just a mainstay of post–9/11 wars, it is a harbinger of what lies ahead—a future of high-tech, artificial intelligence–enabled, and autonomous weapons systems that raise a host of new ethical questions. Most fundamentally, is remote warfare moral? And if so, why? Joseph O. Chapa, with unique credentials as Air Force officer, Predator pilot, and doctorate in moral philosophy, serves as our guide to understanding this future, able to engage in both the language of military operations and the language of moral philosophy. Through gripping accounts of remote pilots making life-and-death decisions and analysis of high-profile cases such as the killing of Iranian high government official General Qasem Soleimani, Chapa examines remote warfare within the context of the just war tradition, virtue, moral psychology, and moral responsibility. He develops the principles we... Title Page 2 Copyright 4 Dedication 7 Introduction: Killing from 7,000 Miles 10 1 The Predator Paradigm 28 2 Riskless Warfare? 55 3 The Morality and Psychology of Remote Warfare 80 4 Good Guys and Bad Guys: When Is Killing Justified? 100 5 Human Judgment and
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