In the Valley of the Shadow

Reflections on the Morality of Nuclear Deterrence

John H. Kultgen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

415 Seiten

1999
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-4473-4 (ISBN)

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In the years since Hiroshima, the United States has developed a policy of nuclear deterrence involving flexible response capped by assured destruction (FRAD). Implementing this policy has erected a massive system of armaments personnel, and a control and command structure that affects every area of national life. This work argues that the consequences of this structure, and the policy that motivates it, have been uniformly bad, and the nation's nuclear stance is profoundly immoral. The arguments of philosophers, strategic thinkers, and political leaders are defended and criticized in the course of this argument.

The Author: John Kultgen is Byler Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. Among his publications are Ethics and Professionalism (1988) and Autonomy and Intervention (1995).

Reihe/Serie	Conflict and Consciousness ; 7
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	700 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-8204-4473-1 / 0820444731
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-4473-4 / 9780820444734
Zustand	Neuware