Topic > The categorical imperatives: drone strikes

military and agree that there is, in fact, a tolerable punishment; death is not one of them. The reason why death could not be an option is because ultimately the US military would take away that individual's autonomy, they do not choose to die out of free will, but instead act out of heteronomy, which is the opposite of autonomy. Acting heteronomously «means acting according to laws (or rules) that we do not give ourselves. It is an action influenced by a force external to the individual.” The Living Under Drones project interviewed Khalid Raheem, an elder in his community in Pakistan. Raheem is baffled by the current situation in his country. He claims they knew nothing about where the United States was or what kind of people lived there. They knew that the United States had supported the Taliban in their fight against the Soviets until the Soviets left Afghanistan in defeat. Now they are victims of the Americans. “Now we are always waiting for a drone attack and we know that it is certain and we are just waiting to know who will hit the house, whether that of our relatives, our neighbors or us. We don't know. We are always inside