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- catalog contributor b784391.
- catalog contributor b784392.
- catalog contributor b784393.
- catalog created "1987.".
- catalog date "1987".
- catalog date "1987.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1987.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [391]-411.".
- catalog description "I. What threats are made : What is deterrence? ; France's threat ; Britain's threat ; The complex US threat ; The inflexible underpinning of flexible response ; 'We do not target population as such' ; A 'particularly helpful' letter ; A short lexicon of deterrent threats ; Appendix: British bombing policies, 1939-45 -- II. What backs up the threats : The weapons ; Control ; Plans ; Readiness -- III. The duty to deter : Introduction ; The goals of the deterrent ; The duty to defend Western political society ; The Soviets unopposed ; The deterrent: necessity and permissibility -- IV. Judging the deterrent by common morality : Common morality and intent to kill innocents? ; The significance of intent ; Conditional intentions ; Who are innocents? ; Deterrence and intentional killing of innocents ; How deterrent purposes define intent ; A different judgement on the deterrent? -- ".
- catalog description "V. Must the threat involve the intention? : 'We may change our minds on the day' ; 'Mere possession' ; 'Keeping the option open' ; The deterrent a bluff? ; Who could be bluffing? ; The deterrent as a social act ; Presumptions and implausibilities -- VI. Must the deterrent threaten innocents? : A threat limited to combatants ; Do Western deterrents avoid threatening innocents? ; An 'interim' threat to innocents? ; Capabilities needed for pure counterforce ; 'First strike' capability ; Strategic defence ; A pure counterforce threat of victory denial? ; Concluding reflections on deterrent intention -- VII. Deterrence as the 'Lesser Evil' ; Justifying deterrence by its consequences ; Consequentialism and wrongful intentions ; Non-combatant immunity not absolute? ; A consequentialist objection and reply ; Crypto-consequentialist justifications -- ".
- catalog description "VIII. The prospect of the Holocaust: the consequentialist case against the deterrent : Condemning deterrence for tis risks ; The risk of nuclear war ; Nuclear holocaust ; The disaster-avoidance principle rejected ; A principle of expected utility? ; 'Make the worse significantly less probable ...' ; Gambling with unknown odds of catastrophe -- IX. The futility of consequentialist arguments : Consequentialism and common morality ; Consequentialism and deterrence revisited ; The arguments of VII and VIII reviewed ; Feelings of commensurability explained ; Why consequentialist arguments must fail ; A conclusive argument against consequentialism ; Why common speech sounds consequentialist -- X. A sounder theory of morality : Beyond 'telelogy' and 'deontology' ; The idea of basic human good ; Which are the basic human goods? ; The first moral principle ; Specifications of the first moral principle ; Human action ; Deriving specific moral norms -- ".
- catalog description "XI. Why innocents may not be intentionally killed : Completing the moral evaluation of the deterrent ; An unjustifiable means to a good end ; The deterrent's threat against some basic good(s) ; Human life: a basic good of human persons ; Justifiable deadly deeds: the relevance of innocence -- XII. Disarmament : Is mutual disarmament a realistic prospect? ; Morality's demands do not wait ; The only possible choice not absolutely excluded ; How much must be renounced? ; How quickly? -- XIII. While deterrence continues: individual responsibilities : Different beliefs, different obligations ; Responsibilities of those who judge deterrence wrong ; Members of Congress or Parliament ; Submarine commanders ; Key-turners ; Citizens at large ; CIvil disobedience ; Responsibilities of those who accept the deterrent ; An important common responsibility -- ".
- catalog description "XIV. Concluding Christian thoughts : Why write this book? ; Realisms? ; A profession of faith ; Faith and morals ; Providence, the West, and the Kingdom ; Look, judge, choose.".
- catalog extent "xv, 429 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Nuclear deterrence, morality, and realism.".
- catalog identifier "0198247915 (pbk.) :".
- catalog identifier "0198247923 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Nuclear deterrence, morality, and realism.".
- catalog issued "1987".
- catalog issued "1987.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Nuclear deterrence, morality, and realism.".
- catalog subject "172/.42 19".
- catalog subject "Deterrence (Strategy) Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Nuclear warfare Religious aspects Christianity.".
- catalog subject "U162.6 .F48 1987".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. What threats are made : What is deterrence? ; France's threat ; Britain's threat ; The complex US threat ; The inflexible underpinning of flexible response ; 'We do not target population as such' ; A 'particularly helpful' letter ; A short lexicon of deterrent threats ; Appendix: British bombing policies, 1939-45 -- II. What backs up the threats : The weapons ; Control ; Plans ; Readiness -- III. The duty to deter : Introduction ; The goals of the deterrent ; The duty to defend Western political society ; The Soviets unopposed ; The deterrent: necessity and permissibility -- IV. Judging the deterrent by common morality : Common morality and intent to kill innocents? ; The significance of intent ; Conditional intentions ; Who are innocents? ; Deterrence and intentional killing of innocents ; How deterrent purposes define intent ; A different judgement on the deterrent? -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "V. Must the threat involve the intention? : 'We may change our minds on the day' ; 'Mere possession' ; 'Keeping the option open' ; The deterrent a bluff? ; Who could be bluffing? ; The deterrent as a social act ; Presumptions and implausibilities -- VI. Must the deterrent threaten innocents? : A threat limited to combatants ; Do Western deterrents avoid threatening innocents? ; An 'interim' threat to innocents? ; Capabilities needed for pure counterforce ; 'First strike' capability ; Strategic defence ; A pure counterforce threat of victory denial? ; Concluding reflections on deterrent intention -- VII. Deterrence as the 'Lesser Evil' ; Justifying deterrence by its consequences ; Consequentialism and wrongful intentions ; Non-combatant immunity not absolute? ; A consequentialist objection and reply ; Crypto-consequentialist justifications -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "VIII. The prospect of the Holocaust: the consequentialist case against the deterrent : Condemning deterrence for tis risks ; The risk of nuclear war ; Nuclear holocaust ; The disaster-avoidance principle rejected ; A principle of expected utility? ; 'Make the worse significantly less probable ...' ; Gambling with unknown odds of catastrophe -- IX. The futility of consequentialist arguments : Consequentialism and common morality ; Consequentialism and deterrence revisited ; The arguments of VII and VIII reviewed ; Feelings of commensurability explained ; Why consequentialist arguments must fail ; A conclusive argument against consequentialism ; Why common speech sounds consequentialist -- X. A sounder theory of morality : Beyond 'telelogy' and 'deontology' ; The idea of basic human good ; Which are the basic human goods? ; The first moral principle ; Specifications of the first moral principle ; Human action ; Deriving specific moral norms -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "XI. Why innocents may not be intentionally killed : Completing the moral evaluation of the deterrent ; An unjustifiable means to a good end ; The deterrent's threat against some basic good(s) ; Human life: a basic good of human persons ; Justifiable deadly deeds: the relevance of innocence -- XII. Disarmament : Is mutual disarmament a realistic prospect? ; Morality's demands do not wait ; The only possible choice not absolutely excluded ; How much must be renounced? ; How quickly? -- XIII. While deterrence continues: individual responsibilities : Different beliefs, different obligations ; Responsibilities of those who judge deterrence wrong ; Members of Congress or Parliament ; Submarine commanders ; Key-turners ; Citizens at large ; CIvil disobedience ; Responsibilities of those who accept the deterrent ; An important common responsibility -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "XIV. Concluding Christian thoughts : Why write this book? ; Realisms? ; A profession of faith ; Faith and morals ; Providence, the West, and the Kingdom ; Look, judge, choose.".
- catalog title "Nuclear deterrence, morality, and realism / John Finnis, Joseph M. Boyle, Jr., Germain Grisez.".
- catalog type "text".