Reading the ‘Signs of the Time’: Just War Statecraft and the ‘Immorality’ of Nuclear Weapons

This article grapples with the justifiability of nuclear deterrence in the aftermath of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Disillusioned about the failed promise of nuclear disarmament, as well as other ethical issues inherent to nuclear weapons, Pope Francis has attached the immoralit...

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Main Author: Braun, Christian Nikolaus (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2024, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 538-549
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KCB Papacy
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NCD Political ethics
Further subjects:B Deterrence
B Pope Francis
B war against Ukraine
B Catholic Social Thought
B Nuclear Weapons
B Just War
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