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A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat

Book by Joseph Rotblat · 4 quotes · Nuclear, Weapons, Nuclear Weapons

The book delves into the philosophical and ethical considerations surrounding war and nuclear weaponry, as discussed by Rotblat and Ikeda, offering insights into the challenges and potential solutions for achieving global peace.

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“All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would open the way to the gradual, mutual reduction of nuclear arsenals, down to zero.”

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“I have to bring to your notice a terrifying reality: with the development of nuclear weapons Man has acquired, for the first time in history, the technical means to destroy the whole of civilization in a single act.”

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“Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons.”

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“But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction.”

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