02550nam 2200553 450 991079740640332120200520144314.00-7391-8820-8(CKB)3710000000470847(EBL)4085728(SSID)ssj0001543888(PQKBManifestationID)16134468(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543888(PQKBWorkID)14497999(PQKB)11276663(MiAaPQ)EBC4085728(Au-PeEL)EBL4085728(CaPaEBR)ebr11125067(CaONFJC)MIL827462(OCoLC)920466308(EXLCZ)99371000000047084720141210h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAbolition of nuclear weapons as a moral imperative /John KultgenLanham :Lexington,[2015]©20151 online resource (215 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8819-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Chapter One: Introduction; I: Morality and National Policy; Chapter Two: Patriotic Abolitionism; Chapter Three: The Moral Dimension of Leadership; II: Moral Assessment ofNuclear 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; BibliographyThis 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 the social sciences, history, arts, and humanities.Nuclear weaponsUnited StatesWarMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesNuclear weaponsWarMoral and ethical aspects172/.422Kultgen John H.902716MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797406403321Abolition of nuclear weapons as a moral imperative3826522UNINA