An Examination of a Moral Argument against Nuclear Deterrence

Journal of Religious Ethics 13 (2):279 - 297 (1985)
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Abstract

After some preliminaries ("I") I examine the merits of an argument which is sometimes used in an attempt to show that nuclear deterrence is morally unacceptable ("II-V"). This is the argument that deterrence is wrong because it involves a threat to do something which it is wrong to do. My conclusion is that there is something to this argument, that it is sufficient to establish a "prima facie" case against nuclear deterrence, but that it is not sufficient to establish a conclusive case against nuclear deterrence.

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A bibliography on philosophy and the nuclear debate.William C. Gay & Marysia Lemmond - 1987 - Journal of Social Philosophy 18 (2):50-60.

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