One thing that intrigues me is the nuclear weapons question.
Would you say that the deployment of a nuclear weapon would be good in the following scenario: Massive war between a huge nuclear power, and even larger non-nuclear power. Wouldn't the use of a nuclear weapon possibly kill a few hundred thousand people rather than millions? It's a true moral dilemma with no answer without many qualifications, but . . .
Just think of how many people Russia alone lost in the second world war. Really think about it.
i'm going to reply because i think your question is intriguing and i can tell you put a decent amount of thought into it. but we both know that your scenario is completely hypothetical and would not happen in the world today or in the foreseeable future, and in real-world cases it's really easy to get caught up in hypotheticals and end up not acting because of that.
first i'd like to restate my initial question, because you've overlooked some key points: disregarding political pros and cons in this case (because politics are as transitory as the humans who engage in them), name me one good reason for which to design, build, store, and deploy a neuclear weapon. think of the physical and spiritual impact of this process not just in human terms but in terms of all life and the earth as an individual entity. what good is there to which this technology could possibly be put to use?you're talking only about deployment in your example, but that's assuming that the nuclear weapons exist in the first place and disregarding any moral
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Would you say that the deployment of a nuclear weapon would be good in the following scenario:
Massive war between a huge nuclear power, and even larger non-nuclear power. Wouldn't the use of a nuclear weapon possibly kill a few hundred thousand people rather than millions? It's a true moral dilemma with no answer without many qualifications, but . . .
Just think of how many people Russia alone lost in the second world war. Really think about it.
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first i'd like to restate my initial question, because you've overlooked some key points: disregarding political pros and cons in this case (because politics are as transitory as the humans who engage in them), name me one good reason for which to design, build, store, and deploy a neuclear weapon. think of the physical and spiritual impact of this process not just in human terms but in terms of all life and the earth as an individual entity. what good is there to which this technology could possibly be put to use?you're talking only about deployment in your example, but that's assuming that the nuclear weapons exist in the first place and disregarding any moral ( ... )
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