Nuclear Deterrence, Morality and Realism

by John Finnis, Joseph Boyle, and Germain Grisez

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Nuclear deterrence requires objective ethical analysis. In providing it, the authors face realities - the Soviet threat, possible nuclear holocaust, strategic imperatives - but they also unmask moral evasions - deterrence cannot be bluff, pure counterforce, the lesser (or greater) evil, or a step towards disarmament. They conclude that the deterrent is unjustifiable and examine the new question of conscience that this raises for everyone.
  • ISBN10 0198247915
  • ISBN13 9780198247913
  • Publish Date 14 July 1988
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Imprint Clarendon Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 444
  • Language English