Posterity and Strategic Policy [Textbook Binding]

Alison Bailey (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0819174769 | ISBN-13: 978-0819174765 | Publication Date: October 11, 1989

In Posterity and Strategic Policy, a moral evaluation of current nuclear policy options, the author argues that policymakers have not paid enough attention to the moral questions that surround debate on the use of nuclear weapons. If we are to succeed in balancing our moral interest and our national interest, we must encourage the evaluation of nuclear issues from a humanitarian perspective. The author surveys three popular policy options and identifies the moral flaws of each. Contents: The Role of the Philosopher-as-Humanist in the Nuclear Debate; The Offensive Orientation of American Nuclear Weapons Policy; Morality, Risk, and Assured Destruction; The Foundations for a Strategic Policy in the Future; and Deterrence without Provocation: Implementing a Plan for Posterity.

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....often illuminating and always thorough. Her discussion of Colin Gray, Keith Payne and others in the nuclear war fighting school is extremely acute....>>>> (Journal Of Strategic Studies )

....often illuminating and always thorough. Her discussion of Colin Gray, Keith Payne and others in the nuclear war fighting school is extremely acute.... (Journal Of Strategic Studies )

About the Author

Alison Bailey is a scholar in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati.

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 162 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of America (October 11, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819174769
• ISBN-13: 978-0819174765
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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