Monday 20 May 2013

Revision notes for RS ethics - NUCLEAR WAR

NUCLEAR WAR

NUCLEAR WAR: a war in which the participants use nuclear weapons.

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: the increase in the number of states that have the potential to use nuclear weapons.

THE ARMS RACE: started after WWII when countries became nuclear powers and all built many nuclear weapons, each trying to keep pace with each other.

Many Christians are deeply opposed to the arms race because if a nuclear war was carried out, the destruction would be terrible.

NUCLEAR PROLIFIRATION is very dangerous as it means the increase in countries which have nuclear weapons. Terrorists organisations may one day steal them. The proliferation of nuclear weapons make the world a more dangerous place.

CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO NUCLEAR WARFARE AND PROLIFERATION

The vast majority of Christians oppose the mass destructive power of nuclear weapons and its impact on civilian populations, communities, cities and societies. Some argue it is hard to imagine any situation when a just war could be fought with nuclear weapons because they could never be used proportionally.

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