The article "Invasion of the Drones" by Patricia Smith is about the use of drones in society. These drones are used in things such as surveillance, law enforcement or warfare. However, they can intrude on the privacy of people, or even endanger people by crashing or causing plane crashes. It is also debatable whether or not the use of drones could even be considered unconstitutional. All of these factors raise questions about how the use of drones could impact our society and whether or not their use is truly moral.
Patricia Smith shows that she believes that the use of drones, although with some benefits, could be considered unethical due to some of the drawbacks of their use. In the beginning of the article, she talks about a story from a person who experienced one of the drawbacks of the use of drones. By doing so, she gives a real-life example of how the use of drones has actually impacted someone in a negative way. She also quotes certain historical documents, and how the use of drones may conflict with them. She uses the Fourth Amendment, which protects American citizens from unreasonable searches or seizures. By mentioning this, she raises the question of whether the use of drones could be considered as unreasonable searches or seizures. Patricia Smith uses these things to help the reader connect more with what they are reading, and as a result, the reader may feel more passionate about what they are reading.
From this article, I learned that although new technology like these drones can have great benefits for society, they can have some serious moral drawbacks. It was surprising to see how dangerous or intrusive these drones could be towards people. The fact that these drones can spy on people or even cause plane crashes due to things such as software glitches is quite shocking. The use of drones is also jeopardizing the distribution of the roles of the three branches of the government by giving presidents the ability to wage remote wars if they want to, even though only the legislative branch is able to declare war, which means that the use of drones could even disrupt the government. These drones could change many things in our society, though at this point, it is hard to tell if these drones will affect us in a good or a bad way.
