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Drone dilemmas
The Eye in the Sky raises acute questions about the ethics of warfare, says MARIA DUARTE

Eye in the Sky (15)
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AS DRONE warfare becomes ever more prevalent, so do the ethical dilemmas and ambiguities it poses.

Do you kill terrorists to prevent them murdering 100 people and, in so doing, cause the “collateral” death of a nine-year-old girl? Or do you save the child and allow scores of others to die?

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