Summary Of Drone Encounters

Delmont’s essay, Drone Encounters: Noor Behram, Omer Fast, and Visual Critiques of Drone Warfare, outlines two main claims. The first of which, is that drones claim visual superiority over people, and other military equipment on the ground, by being able to be see and being able to evade being seen. The second claim, is that human’s visual culture is being affected the most by drones. Drone’s raise many moral and ethical dilemmas themselves. Building form Delmont’s first point and in terms of thinking as drones as a military tool, the moral aspect of fairness comes into play. Drones are unmanned, which is an attractive attribute for the military because less troops means less casualties. Though, the sense of fairness is lost, as there is not man to man combat. The question is then raised, how can a human fairly fight against a drone that is equipped with technology specifically designed to detect
The issue of drones and privacy however, is another ethical issue where the lines are still blurred but is a little easier to navigate nonetheless. There is something chilly to be said about drones being able to watch one’s every move. In a time in history where big brother is more present that ever, is drones the next step? How truly private is one’s privacy? Do other civilians have the right to infringe on another’s privacy if the legal regulations are lacking, does it turn into just a moral issue and not a legal one? Wells Bennett outlines the issue of privacy in his work, Civilian Drones, Privacy, and the Federal-State Balance. As of right now, there is limited regulations on drones in terms of privacy. Though this may raise some red flags, but Bennett makes the point that if the government were to enact a policy that set forth restrictions of drones, they would largely be guessing where the technology would go due to the fact that it is so new, in regards to civilian