Nuclear Deterrence, Morality and Realism

ISBN-13: 9780198247913 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 448 str.

John Finnis; Joseph M. Jr. Boyle; Germain Gabriel Grisez

Opis

Providing a rigorous and objective ethical analysis of nuclear deterrence, this book discusses such issues as the Soviet menace, possible holocaust, and strategic imperatives. At the same time, the authors unmask types of deterrence that they perceive essentially as moral evasions, maintaining that deterrence cannot be bluffing, pure counterforce, the lesser (or greater) evil, or a step towards disarmament. Concluding that deterrence is unjustifiable, this book examines the new questions of conscience that this raises for us all.

Recenzje

'This is a long and carefully argued book, which also includes an interesting account of moral theory, a survey of the moral and strategic literature on nuclear deterrence, and a discussion of the theological context of the authors' arguments.' Philosophy & Public Affairs, Winter 1990, Volume 19, Number 1