Last month we learned that a US drone strike on suspected
Al-Qaida terrorists killed at least 13 people in Yemen who were on
their way to a wedding. Many, perhaps all, were innocent.
Let’s talk morality. Too many of our public debates over
violence and war are only legal debates, not moral ones. Discussing the second
amendment in the gun debate is useful when debating law, but it is beside the
moral point. After all, the first amendment legally protects your right to
gossip, but doesn’t make it moral. Even though we will disagree on the
particulars, let’s acknowledge that many more things are legal than are moral.
And nevermind accusations that the US drone program is
illegal. But for now: What makes it immoral?
