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Creating Space: Drones, Just War, and Jus ad Vim

Marx, Ryan Matthew
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1493225737251805

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2016, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Philosophy.
Historically, the Just War literature has been crucial in restricting the sorts of activities states may execute during war. However, as technology rapidly advances, many have called into question the applicability of the classic war conventions, e.g. The Hague and Geneva Conventions, to the new sorts of conflicts in which we find ourselves embroiled. It is not clear whether no-fly zones, cyber-attacks, pin-point drone strikes, raids, extraordinary renditions, and other actions fall under the purview of war. The topic of this thesis is to explicate the just war tradition, explore the use of drones, and examine the possibility of a new conflict category: jus ad vim. Jus ad vim, or justness of force short of war (FSW) appears a promising normative category in which to better understand the sorts of actions states such as the United States are engaged in today. But the goal is not to supplant the classic literature, which does quite well under conventional wars. Rather, it is better understood as an additional tool in the normative toolbox; one which might lead to tighter regulations of the relatively unbound drone programs in place now.
Deborah Barnbaum, Dr. (Committee Chair)
102 p.
Ethics; Philosophy
Philosophy; Ethics; Applied Ethics; Just War; Drones; Policy; Terrorism; War

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  • Marx, R. M. (2016). Creating Space: Drones, Just War, and Jus ad Vim [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1493225737251805

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Marx, Ryan. Creating Space: Drones, Just War, and Jus ad Vim. 2016. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1493225737251805.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Marx, Ryan. "Creating Space: Drones, Just War, and Jus ad Vim." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1493225737251805

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