Mechanization has its good points for sure but given that we all are inextricably linked to our electronic devices already with too many people using it to sacrifice person-to-person contact, I am afraid the use of drones for commercial purposes will further exacerbate the human contact that is so important in developing a sensitivity to what is right and was is wrong based on how our actions affect others. On an ethical level I fear that in addition to privacy issues these drones will take away lots of jobs create more unemployment and under-employment drive down wages and generally move us one step further away from being a caring society. I can envision the drones colliding in mid-air crashing into buildings and creating havoc in aviation. I don’t know about you, but I am skeptical about the efficiency of the practice, possibly delivering the pizza to my neighbor instead, and its heating system failing so it arrives cold.Īmazon raised a lot of eyebrows last year when it announced that it was planning to start delivering packages to consumers by automated drones. Yes, this has already occurred in New Zealand and Australia. I’m just getting used to the fact that Domino’s Pizza may, someday soon, use robots to deliver my pizza. As it moves towards allowing commercial drones, the FAA released a document in September of 2013 entitled, “Integration of Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) Roadmap.” In 2013 the FAA approved for first four companies to fly drones commercially in the United States.Īllowing commercial use of drones is fraught with ethical issues. To address some of these ethical and legal concerns, some drone operators marketing their services towards geographic data collection have a responsibility and ethics statement such as this one from Shyris Imaging which pledges responsible drone operation to safeguard against violating safety and privacy issues. A concern about invasion of privacy, in particular when it comes to private property, has long been an issue tied in gathering geographic information, whether it’s gathering imagery via satellite, airplanes, or drones. There are plenty of news articles about upset beachgoers and private property owners whose privacy has been invaded by private drone operators. But no one seems to stop and consider the legal and ethical issues of using drones to invade the privacy of others or for commercial use. We’re all familiar with the use of drones in warfare and monitoring weather and inspecting bridges to patrolling borders and conducting search-and-rescue activities. Congress passed the FAA Modernization & Reform Act, which created a four-year road map for the introduction of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) - better known as “drones” - into U.S. Privacy and Responsibility Standards need to be Developed
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