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The Security gamble : deterrence dilemmas in the nuclear age
- Title
- The Security gamble : deterrence dilemmas in the nuclear age / edited by Douglas MacLean.
- Publication
- Totowa, N.J. : Rowman & Allanheld, 1984.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- MacLean, Douglas, 1947-
- Description
- xix, 170 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Striking a balance between the philosophical and the pragmatic, these original essays examine the moral and strategic paradoxes found in the policy of nuclear deterrence, how uncertainty and fear can become a source of strength and how increased power of destruction might make us safer. The essays analyze the logical structure of mutually assured destruction theory and of nuclear use theory, the moral arguments of the Pastoral Letter on Deterrence of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the nuclear freeze movement and the role of experts in the formulation of nuclear policy. The authors stress the need for responsible public involvement and the obligation of citizens to be informed on these questions. ISBN 0-8476-7329-4 : $29.95.
- Series Statement
- Maryland studies in public philosophy
- Uniform Title
- Maryland studies in public philosophy.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. An examination of United States nuclear deterrence policies and options: Existential deterrence and its consequences / McGeorge Bundy -- The nuclear gnostics / Gregg Herken -- Traditional and Soviet military doctrine: tendencies and dangers / George H. Quester -- pt. 2. Deterrence and moral justification: Moral issues in deterrence policy / J. Bryan Hehir -- The U.S. bishops' position on nuclear deterrence: a moral assessment / George Sher -- Avoiding Armageddon: Whose responsibility? / Christopher M. Lehman -- The people versus the experts / William Greider -- Deterrence, maximization, and rationality / David Gauthier -- Nuclear deterrence: some moral perplexities / Gregory S. Kavka -- Devil's bargains and the real world / David Lewis -- Responses to the paradox of deterrence / Gregory S. Kavka and David Gauthier.
- ISBN
- 0847673294
- 9780847673292
- 0847673375
- 9780847673377
- LCCN
- 84015080
- OCLC
- ocm10950325
- 10950325
- SCSB-9554708
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library