On the Ethics of Large-scale Nuclear War and Nuclear Deterrence and the Political Fall-out
Author | : Richard Sylvan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Deterrence (Strategy) |
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Author | : Richard Sylvan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Deterrence (Strategy) |
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Author | : Richard Routley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Deterrence (Strategy) |
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Author | : Gregory S. Kavka |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1987-10-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521338967 |
This volume examines the complex and vitally important ethical questions connected with the deployment of nuclear weapons and their use as a deterrent. A number of the essays contained here have already established themselves as penetrating and significant contributions to the debate on nuclear ethics. They have been revised to bring out their unity and coherence, and are integrated with new essays. The books exceptional rigor and clarity make it valuable whether the reader's concern with nuclear ethics is professional or personal. Part I explores the morality of nuclear deterrrence from each of the two dominant traditions in moral philosophy, deontology and consequentialism, and points out a number of interesting ethical dilemmas. Part II criticizes a variety of alternatives to deterrence - unilateral nuclear disarmament, world government, strategic defense against ballistic missiles, and nuclear coercion - and argues for mutual nuclear disarmament as a realistic and desirable long-run alternative.
Author | : Steven P. Lee |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 438 |
Release | : 1996-11-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521567725 |
This 1993 book is the first post-Cold War assessment of nuclear deterrence, -providing a comprehensive normative understanding of nuclear deterrence policy.
Author | : Geoffrey Goodwin |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2020-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000199320 |
As nuclear weapons become ever more sophisticated, so the deterrence debate becomes increasingly complex. The ‘Ban the Bomb’ slogans of the 1950s had been replaced by cries for ‘nuclear-free zones’, and talk of ‘megatonnage’ and ‘fallout’ had given way to talk of ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons and ‘limited strike capability’. Originally published in 1982, this book considers the ethical issues raised by nuclear policies and by the debate between proponents of the multilateralist/unilateralist approaches to disarmament and arms control at the time. It is not, like so many books on the subject, an ideological statement: there are essays by defence strategists which put the case for deterrence and essays by academics and churchmen which strenuously oppose it. The book also includes an essay on attempts to mitigate the appalling brutality of the many ‘conventional’ wars since 1945. At a time when the rhetoric and misinformation produced on both sides of the debate continued to obscure many vital issues, this book was welcome, sensible and necessary.
Author | : Thomas E. Doyle, II |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2020-01-31 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1442276614 |
This book relates a complex ethical (re)assessment of the continued reliance by some states on nuclear weapons as instruments of state power. This (re)assessment is more urgent considering the relatively recent intensification of great power conflict dynamics and the nuclear-weapon states’ recommitments to modernizing, augmenting, or tailoring their nuclear forces to address vital state and alliance interests. And, especially since the beginning of the administration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, these recommitments have accelerated the degree to which the political and moral dilemmas of (the threat of) nuclear use define and intensify existential risks for specific states and the international community at large. To execute this (re)assessment, this book details how strategic, political, legal, and moral reasoning are deeply intertwined on the questions of vital state and global values. Its ontological assumptions are taken from a broadly construed IR Constructivist stance, and its epistemological approach applies non-ideal moral principles informed by Kantian thought to selected problems of nuclear-armed security competition as they evolved since President Barack Obama’s 2009 Prague Declaration. This non-ideal moral approach employed is committed to the view that the dual imperatives of humanity’s survival and the common security of states requires an international order which privileges considerations of justice over power-political considerations. This non-ideal moral approach is a necessary element of theorizing a set of practices to effectively address the challenges and dilemmas of reordering international politics in terms of justice.
Author | : David Fisher |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2020-07-20 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1000047547 |
Originally published in 1985, this book surveys how NATO policy sought to come to terms with the revolution in thinking about war which was brought about by the advent of nuclear weapons. It also examines the logic of deterrence. The book assesses the ethical issues involved, using as a framework the tradition of the idea of the Just War. A detailed modern version of the theory is elaborated and defended from an ethical viewpoint that gives due weight both to the mental states of the agent and to the consequences of his agency. The principle of non-combatant immunity is also examined for its clear relevance to the debate. Further considerations involve the effectiveness of deterrence and its morality, and the question whether deterrence can be effective even if its use is prohibited. The book also discusses the implications of various possible changes in NATO policy.
Author | : Jack N. Barkenbus |
Publisher | : Paragon House Publishers |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |