Drone strikes are justified as self-defense and life-and-cost-saving substitutes for ground war

Evidence

The legality and morality of U.S. drone strikes in targeted killings of al Qaeda leaders and their associates are hotly debated. Some justify the drone strikes as national self-defense against imminent threats by terrorist groups. Drone strikes are also justified by savings in costs and soldiers’ lives compared with the rooting out of militant groups by ground operations (Shane, 2013a). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 463

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 463