# Stephen Coleman: The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons

Pepper spray and tasers are in increasing use by both police and military, and more exotic non-lethal weapons such as heat rays are in the works. At TEDxCanberra, ethicist Stephen Coleman explores the unexpected consequences of their introduction and asks some challenging questions.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2012
- Runtime: 17 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: War, Education, Science
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/StephenColeman_2011X)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/StephenColeman_2011X?play=1)