Abolition of nuclear weapons as a moral imperative

Abolition of nuclear weapons as a moral imperative / John Kultgen.

This book advocates for the United States to abolish nuclear weapons, arguing its necessity in terms of the harmful consequences of nuclear deterrence. Kultgen's argument is based on conceptions of human rights and is couched in terms accessible to the disciplines that address human affairs in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kultgen, John H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington, 2015.
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons > United States.
War > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Nuclear weapons
War > Moral and ethical aspects
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Chapter One: Introduction
  • I: Morality and National Policy
  • Chapter Two: Patriotic Abolitionism
  • Chapter Three: The Moral Dimension of Leadership
  • II: Moral Assessment of Nuclear Deterrence
  • Chapter Four: The Immorality of Nuclear Deterrence
  • Chapter Five: Global Strike Capability and the American Empire
  • Chapter Six: Deterrence and the Probability of Nuclear War
  • Chapter Seven: The Cost of Implementation
  • III: The Road Ahead
  • Chapter Eight: Abolition and Its Alternatives
  • Chapter Nine: The Challenge
  • Chapter Ten: Plans of Action
  • Chapter Eleven: Final Thoughts
  • Bibliography.

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