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The War That Must Not Occur
Engelsk Hardback
The War That Must Not Occur
Engelsk Hardback

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The possibility of a nuclear war that could destroy civilization has influenced the course of international affairs since 1945, suspended like a sword of Damocles above the heads of the world''s leaders. The fact that we have escaped a third world war involving strategic nuclear weapons—indeed, that no atomic weapon of limited power has yet been used under battlefield conditions—seems nothing short of a miracle.

Revisiting debates on the effectiveness and ethics of nuclear deterrence, Jean-Pierre Dupuy is led to reformulate some of the most difficult questions in philosophy. He develops a counterintuitive but powerful theory of apocalyptic prophecy: once a major catastrophe appears to be possible, one must assume that it will in fact occur. Dupuy shows that the contradictions and paradoxes riddling discussions of deterrence arise from the tension between two opposite conceptions of time: one in which the future depends on decisions and strategy, and another in which every occurring event is one that could not have failed to occur.

Considering the immense destructive power of nuclear warheads and the almost unimaginable ruin they are bound to cause, Dupuy reaches a provocative conclusion: whether they bring about good or evil does not depend on the present or future intentions of those who are in a position to use them. The mere possession of nuclear weapons is a moral abomination.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
192
ISBN-13:
9781503635159
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1503635155
Udg. Dato:
19 sep 2023
Længde:
21mm
Bredde:
149mm
Højde:
225mm
Forlag:
Stanford University Press
Oplagsdato:
19 sep 2023
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