
Moral paradoxes of nuclear deterrence
Gregory S. Kavka
Bok · 1987
Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1987
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Opplysninger | 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.. - Preface; Introduction; Part I. Moral Paradoxes of Nuclear Deterrence: 1. Some paradoxes of deterrence; 2. A paradox of deterrence revisited; 3. Deterrence, utility and rational choice; 4. Nuclear deterrence: some moral perplexities; 5. Dilemmas of nuclear protest; Part II. Alternative to Nuclear Deterrence: 6. Unilateral nuclear disarmament; 7. World government; 8. Strategic defense; 9. Nuclear coercion; 10. Mutual nuclear disarmament; Notes; Index.
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ISBN | 0-521-33896-4
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