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Drone dilemmas
The Eye in the Sky raises acute questions about the ethics of warfare, says MARIA DUARTE
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
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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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