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Ethics

Ethics. The challenges of state and non-state proliferation. Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1998-by-isao-hashimoto / (12 minutes onwards). State Proliferation. Q: Which states are ‘trusted’ to have nuclear weapons?

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Ethics

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  1. Ethics The challenges of state and non-state proliferation

  2. Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

  3. http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1998-by-isao-hashimoto/ • (12 minutes onwards)

  4. State Proliferation • Q: Which states are ‘trusted’ to have nuclear weapons? • Q: What happens to other states who acquire nuclear weapons? • Q: Why have them if no one will ever use them? • Q: What situations would a state use nuclear weapons?

  5. Non-State Proliferation • Never happened. • The biggest threat (a while ago) was from Nukes in the former USSR that were unsecured after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. • Now… terrorism? North Korea / Iran / Pakistan supplying non-State actors.

  6. State and Non-State Proliferation

  7. Short Answers… • Outline two perspectives on the ethical issue of nuclear armament. (6-7 marks)

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