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Description:This collection of original essays examines the outmoded assumptions implicit in our thinking about nuclear weapons. The major premise of the book is that the intrinsic difference between nuclear and conventional weapons requires a fundamental change in our way of understanding such human phenomena as morality, politics, society, and war.Distinguished philosophers and scholars from a variety of other fields apply themselves to the task of enlightening and enlarging our perception of this new reality. In five well-defined sections, they consider the nuclear predicament - its current threat, its cultural, psychological, and historical impact, its philosophical and conceptual paradoxes - and conclude with a well-argued presentation of the political and social changes necessary to achieve peace.This is a book to widen our perspectives and stimulate a clearer vision of the most-elemental issue of our time.Contributors: Sidney Axinn, Louis Rene Beres, Avner Cohen, Anne Ehrlich, Paul Ehrlich, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Richard Falk, Dietrich Fischer, Milton Fisk, Russell Hardin, John Hare, John Holdren, Gregory S. Kavka, Douglas P. Lackey, Beret Lang, Steven Lee, Joseph Margolis, Edward McClennen, Jefferson McMahan, Patrick Morgan, Arne Naess, Terry Nardin, Edmund Pellegrino, Richard H. Popkin, Gary Stahl, Stephen Toulmin, Richard A. Watson.The excellent quality and depth of the various essays make [the book] an invaluable resource....It is likely to become essential reading in its field. CHOICEWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Humanity: The Fundamental Questions. To get started finding Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Humanity: The Fundamental Questions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This collection of original essays examines the outmoded assumptions implicit in our thinking about nuclear weapons. The major premise of the book is that the intrinsic difference between nuclear and conventional weapons requires a fundamental change in our way of understanding such human phenomena as morality, politics, society, and war.Distinguished philosophers and scholars from a variety of other fields apply themselves to the task of enlightening and enlarging our perception of this new reality. In five well-defined sections, they consider the nuclear predicament - its current threat, its cultural, psychological, and historical impact, its philosophical and conceptual paradoxes - and conclude with a well-argued presentation of the political and social changes necessary to achieve peace.This is a book to widen our perspectives and stimulate a clearer vision of the most-elemental issue of our time.Contributors: Sidney Axinn, Louis Rene Beres, Avner Cohen, Anne Ehrlich, Paul Ehrlich, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Richard Falk, Dietrich Fischer, Milton Fisk, Russell Hardin, John Hare, John Holdren, Gregory S. Kavka, Douglas P. Lackey, Beret Lang, Steven Lee, Joseph Margolis, Edward McClennen, Jefferson McMahan, Patrick Morgan, Arne Naess, Terry Nardin, Edmund Pellegrino, Richard H. Popkin, Gary Stahl, Stephen Toulmin, Richard A. Watson.The excellent quality and depth of the various essays make [the book] an invaluable resource....It is likely to become essential reading in its field. CHOICEWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Humanity: The Fundamental Questions. To get started finding Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Humanity: The Fundamental Questions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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