Deterrence and the Crisis in Moral Theory: An Analysis of the Moral Literature on the Nuclear Arms Debate: 8 (San Francisco State University Series in Philosophy) - Hardcover

Palmer-Fernandez, Gabriel

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ISBN 10: 0820426210 ISBN 13: 9780820426211

Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 1996

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Book by PalmerFernandez Gabriel

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Reseña del editor:

The primary aim of this study is to examine the dominant views on the subject of deterrence and the use of nuclear weapons, compare them with each other, and consider objections that have or might be made against them. A second, more substantive aim is to show that nuclear weapons and war-fighting plans engender some disturbing moral dilemmas that call into question fundamental ways of thinking about morality and some of our common intuitions on the relation of intentions and actions. "Deterrence and the Crisis in Moral Theory" points to a profound conflict in moral theory between the ideals of character and the moral claims of politics.

Biografía del autor:

The Author: Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez (Ph.D. Harvard) is associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and Associate Director of the Ethics Center at Youngstown State University. He is the editor of "Moral Issues: Philosophical and Religious Perspectives" (1996), and has published articles on medical ethics, the history of Christian ethics, and the moral doctrine of war.

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• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0820426210
• ISBN 13: 9780820426211
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 214