
To base a country's national security on the threat to kill millions of people with nuclear weapons is both a moral and an ethical issue. Browse this section to explore these issues.
Political Perspectives
Military Perspectives
- Joint Statement on Reduction of Nuclear Weapons Arsenals: Declining Utility, Continuing Risks, Generals Lee Butler & Andrew J. Goodpaster
- National Press Club Newsmakers Luncheon Question and Answer Session, General Lee Butler USAF, (ret.)
February 2, 1998
- Remarks to the State of the World Forum General Lee Butler, USAF (Ret.), October 3, 1996
- The Risks of Nuclear Deterrence: From Superpowers to Rogue Leaders by General Lee Butler National Press Club, February 2, 1998
- Economic Aspects of Conversion
- Military Leaders on Nuclear Weapons Abolition
- Prepared Remarks to the Olof Palme International Center for Vice Admiral John J. Shanahan, USN (Ret.) Director, Center for Defense Information
Stockholm Sweden, 6 March 1997
- Statement on Nuclear Weapons by International Generals and Admirals, December 5, 1996
Religious Perspectives
Scientific Perspectives
- A Model of Thermonuclear Extinction on Planet Mars by Dr. W. Sumner Davis
- The Franck Report June 11, 1945
- Petition to the President of the United States by Scientists at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory July 17, 1945
- The Ethical Dimensions of Deterrence by Sir Joseph Rotblat
- The Russell-Einstein Manifesto July 9, 1955
- Only A Question of Time: Science, Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction by Jennifer Allen Simons
Open Letter to the UC Community by Armin Tenner, June 18, 2002
Why I quit my job at LLNL: the truth about the
Stockpile Stewardship Program Issac Trotts
March 14, 2001
- Broken Moratorium, Editorial in The Hindu, July 5, 1997
- Human Nuclear Experiments, Compiled by Carah Ong
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