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What Are The Ethical Issues Regarding Security Drones?

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Ethical Issues Regarding Security Drone
Science is a double edged weapon, it might be used for the prosperity of human beings and also it can be used as a weapon to kill human beings. Therefore, we cannot consider technology to be ethical or unethical, but we can consider our usages to be ethical or unethical. Alfred Nobel has established Nobel Prize to encourage scientists when he found that his invention “Dynamite” was used in wars to kill human beings. Science and technology are harmless; however we might misuse them and make them a tool for harming each other.
Drones are regarded as one of the edgy technology applications that are in a vigorous development cycle all over the world. Drone is a term used to describe unmanned airborne vehicle (UAVs) without a pilot. Drones can be controlled wirelessly using remote control and communication protocols as Wi-Fi or high frequency waves. Drones can navigate with a degree of autonomy using onboard Microcomputers. They have different types, sizes and degrees of autonomy. Each type of drones has its own ethical issues for usage. Drones have invaded many professions due to its high speed, accuracy, low cost, do not have to be rested and the most important thing is that it can handle dangerous missions without risking humans lives. …show more content…

Therefore; drones are to be developed for putting out vigorous fires autonomously. They might save a lot of lives of people in accidents’ sites as well as lives of brave firemen. This is noble aim and shall be very effective in combating fires; however it shall have some ethical and controversy issues.
There are three main factors to be judged in order to determine whether having fire-combating drones is ethical or unethical [1]:
- The action of the drone and how it performs its function.
- The intention of the controlling human

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