Nuclear Weapons and the Conflict of Conscience
Author | : John Coleman Bennett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Nuclear warfare |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Coleman Bennett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Nuclear warfare |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Coleman Bennett |
Publisher | : New York : Scribner |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Nuclear warfare |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sydney D. Bailey |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1987-10-09 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1349188662 |
Author | : Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Nuclear disarmament |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Andrew Brown |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2012-02-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0199586586 |
As Andrew Brown shows in Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience, Joseph Rotblat's life--from an impoverished childhood in war-torn Warsaw to an active old age that brought honors and public recognition, including the Nobel Peace Prize--is a compelling human story in itself. What gives it added significance is Rotblat's single-minded dedication to peaceful causes, particularly his pursuit of nuclear disarmament. Here is the first full biography of Joseph Rotblat based on complete access to his private papers. Brown describes how Rotblat overcame poverty and anti-Semitism to become a nuclear physicist, becoming a key member of the British team that worked on the atomic bomb in England and with the Manhattan Project in America. But Rotblat, appalled by the use of atomic bombs against the Japanese and deeply depressed by the brutal death of his wife in the Holocaust, soon became one of the prime architects of the anti-nuclear movement. The book describes his post-war activities under the shadow of Britain's nuclear program, his first political and media encounters, his exposure of the hazards of radioactive fallout, and his friendship with Bertrand Russell. Brown shows that Pugwash, the anti-nuclear group that Rotblat helped form, eventually established an invaluable back-channel link that penetrated the Iron Curtain. Indeed, it was a Pugwash office that facilitated the first meeting between Gorbachev and Reagan. Gorbachev's security advisers were heavily influenced by Pugwash ideas, especially the concept of non-offensive defense in Europe. Rotblat dedicated the last six decades of his life to peaceful causes and to efforts to uphold the ethical application of science. In this engaging biography, we discover a great man whose profound conscience shaped his life and work, and left an important legacy for future generations.
Author | : James L. Nolan |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2020-08-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674248635 |
An unflinching examination of the moral and professional dilemmas faced by physicians who took part in the Manhattan Project. After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of private family materials. To his surprise, the small secret archive contained a treasure trove of information about his grandfather’s role as a doctor in the Manhattan Project. Dr. Nolan, it turned out, had been a significant figure. A talented ob-gyn radiologist, he cared for the scientists on the project, organized safety and evacuation plans for the Trinity test at Alamogordo, escorted the “Little Boy” bomb from Los Alamos to the Pacific Islands, and was one of the first Americans to enter the irradiated ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Participation on the project challenged Dr. Nolan’s instincts as a healer. He and his medical colleagues were often conflicted, torn between their duty and desire to win the war and their oaths to protect life. Atomic Doctors follows these physicians as they sought to maximize the health and safety of those exposed to nuclear radiation, all the while serving leaders determined to minimize delays and maintain secrecy. Called upon both to guard against the harmful effects of radiation and to downplay its hazards, doctors struggled with the ethics of ending the deadliest of all wars using the most lethal of all weapons. Their work became a very human drama of ideals, co-optation, and complicity. A vital and vivid account of a largely unknown chapter in atomic history, Atomic Doctors is a profound meditation on the moral dilemmas that ordinary people face in extraordinary times.
Author | : Philip J. Murnion |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
"A National Pastoral Life Center publication." Includes bibliographical references.
Author | : John Perry |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2021-03-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1793602840 |
In Nuclear Weapons and the Environment, John Perry highlights the environmental damage caused by nuclear device testing. The failure of the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty and the continued proliferation of nuclear weapons is a grave risk to not only human life but to the environment. Pointing to the unstable political situation between a variety of state and non-state actors, the remediation of nuclear test sites, and the risks involved in the production of nuclear weapons, Perry makes a clear case for the dire importance of non-proliferation.
Author | : Michael Walzer |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2015-08-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0465052703 |
“A classic in the field” (New York Times), this is a penetrating investigation into moral and ethical questions raised by war, drawing on examples from antiquity to the present. Just and Unjust Wars has forever changed how we think about the ethics of conflict. In this modern classic, political philosopher Michael Walzer examines the moral issues that arise before, during, and after the wars we fight. Reaching from the Athenian attack on Melos, to the Mai Lai massacre, to the war in Afghanistan and beyond, Walzer mines historical and contemporary accounts and the testimony of participants, decision makers, and victims to explain when war is justified and what ethical limitations apply to those who wage it.
Author | : Stuart Casey-Maslen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2019-01-31 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0192566024 |
This Commentary offers detailed background and analysis of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted at the UN Headquarters in New York in July 2017. The Treaty comprehensively prohibits the use, development, export, and possession of nuclear weapons. Stuart Casey-Maslen, a leading expert in the field who served as legal adviser to the Austrian Delegation during the negotiations of this Treaty, works through article by article, describing how each provision was negotiated and what it implies for states that join the Treaty. As the Treaty provisions cut across various branches of international law, the Commentary goes beyond a discussion of disarmament to consider the law of armed conflict, human rights, and the law on inter-state use of force. The Commentary examines the relationship with other treaties addressing nuclear weapons, in particular the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Background on the development and possession of nuclear weapons and theories of nuclear deterrence is provided. Particular attention is paid to controversial issues such as assistance for prohibited activities, the meaning of 'threaten to use', and the definition of nuclear explosive devices. Casey-Maslen also considers whether a member of NATO or other nuclear alliance can lawfully become a state party to the Treaty.