War that must not occur, the
Auteur :
Dupuy, Jean-Pierre
Éditeur :
Stanford University Press
ISBN :
9781503635159
Date de publication :
19 sept. 2023
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Format :
Cloth
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Revisiting debates on the effectiveness and ethics of nuclear deterrence, Jean-Pierre Dupuy is led to reformulate some of the most difficult questions in philosophy. He develops a counterintuitive but powerful theory of apocalyptic prophecy: once a major catastrophe appears to be possible, one must assume that it will in fact occur.