Society condemned remote animal killing while embracing remote human killing.
Evidence
The triggers of moral indignation are quite mysterious sometimes. While the virtual hunting of animals was almost universally condemned as scandalous, the remote-controlled hunting of human beings was at the same moment taking off without any of those same people making any objections. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 163 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Remote killing of humans drew less moral outrage than remote hunting of animals — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 163
Related
- Remote killing of humans drew less moral outrage than remote hunting of animals (similarity 0.92)
- Distance killing is not morally less terrible than passionate violence (similarity 0.83)
- Remote killing removes reciprocal constraints that traditionally shaped warrior morality. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Remote killing of humans drew less moral outrage than remote hunting of animals
#corroborates(0.90) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 163