{"id":20523,"date":"2022-12-02T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=20523"},"modified":"2022-12-02T21:51:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T21:51:51","slug":"webinar-will-focus-on-drone-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2022\/webinar-will-focus-on-drone-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar will focus on \u2018drone warfare, tech assassinations, and the future of conflict\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A webinar sponsored by the Interfaith Working Group on Drone Warfare is the subject of an action alert from the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Office of Peacebuilding and Policy. Titled \u201cDrone war, tech assassinations, and the future of conflict: Theological, legal, and policy developments,\u201d the webinar is planned for Dec. 13 at 12 noon (Eastern time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Said the alert: \u201cThe use of lethal drones is expanding with little restraint, outpacing ethical and policy reflection. In the previous webinar the Interfaith Working Group on Drone Warfare focused on the human costs of drone strikes. In a new discussion\u2026we will explore the expansion of drones use due to weapons sales and technology transfers, the technological advances in AI and use of lethal force via drones, as well as ethical and policy considerations that these raise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions to be addressed include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; How does the ease of use of deadly force change and challenge theological and ethical frameworks for evaluating justness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; How must humans stay \u201cin the loop\u201d on moral questions of such gravity? The expansion of availability and lethality highlight the need for more robust and sustained theological ethical analysis of our assumptions of war, violence, and targeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Interfaith-Working-Group-Drone-Webinar-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Interfaith-Working-Group-Drone-Webinar-2022.png 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Interfaith-Working-Group-Drone-Webinar-2022-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Interfaith-Working-Group-Drone-Webinar-2022-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Interfaith-Working-Group-Drone-Webinar-2022-560x560.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more about the webinar, including information about the speakers and a link to register, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/webcasts\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/webcasts\">www.brethren.org\/webcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/learnings-from-l-e-a-d-conference\/\">\u2018What got us here won\u2019t get us there\u2019: Learnings from the L.E.A.D. Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/wfc-hiroshima-seeks-volunteers\/\">World Friendship Center in Hiroshima seeks volunteer co-directors through Brethren Volunteer Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/virtual-delegate-briefing-may-27\/\">Annual Conference officers to host virtual delegate briefing on May 27<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/childrens-book-about-feetwashing\/\">Brethren Press publishes children\u2019s book about feetwashing written by Gimbiya Kettering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/new-brethren-rapid-response-network\/\">A new Brethren Rapid Response Network is organized<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A webinar sponsored by the Interfaith Working Group on Drone Warfare is the subject of an action alert from the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Office of Peacebuilding and Policy. 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