Drone kill lists defined military-age men as combatants unless posthumously proven innocent
Evidence
Beneath the mirages of militarized ethics and state lies, this is the assuredly humanitarian and ethical principle of drones: the targets are presumed guilty until they are proved innocent—which, however, can only be done posthumously. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 486 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The drone kill-list definition presumed all military-age males in target zones were combatants; The kill-list definition presumed combatant status for military-age men unless posthumously proven innocent; Drone targeting presumed every military-age male a combatant unless proven innocent posthumously. (+16 more)
Broader Connections
- The drone kill-list definition presumed all military-age males in target zones were combatants
#corroborates(1.00) - The kill-list definition presumed combatant status for military-age men unless posthumously proven innocent
#qualifies(1.00) - Drone targeting presumed every military-age male a combatant unless proven innocent posthumously.
#expands(1.00) - Drone targeting presumes guilt until innocence is proven posthumously.
#corroborates(1.00) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 486 - The drone should be judged against equivalent tactical weapons, not older bombers
#complicates(0.85) - Drone surveillance cannot reliably distinguish combatants from civilians
#complicates(0.85) - Drone killings raise both oversight and civilian-casualty objections
#complicates(0.85) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2432 - Historical continuity of remote killing does not justify drones
#complicates(0.85) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 337 - Drones are morally justified by preventing one’s own casualties
#complicates(0.85) - Drone warfare adopts assassination ethics while refusing assassination’s self-sacrifice
#complicates(0.85) - Drone assassination reframes war as social defense through preventive security measures
#complicates(0.85) - Drone strikes outside declared battlefields violate international law
#complicates(0.85) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 251 - Drone morality inverts ethics to make unendangered killing good
#complicates(0.85) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 453 - Risk-free drone operators morally resemble assassins, not soldiers
#complicates(0.85) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 509 - Drone strikes constitute weapons of state terrorism
#complicates(0.85)