Herman Kahn - Immoral Quotes

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Nuclear weapons are intrinsically neither moral nor immoral, though they are more prone to immoral use than most weapons.

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It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense.

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Anything that reduces war-related destruction should not be considered altogether immoral.

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In addition to the obvious dangers, there is another subtle but by no means minor disadvantage to a pure deterrence posture: the threat of mutual suicide is a very uninspiring concept, no matter how logical it may seem. If it happened to involve explicitly the annihilation of all humanity it would also be totally immoral; one doubts if it could long remain an important part of United States policy.

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