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It's all very telling, but the notion that you would sacrifice one more, presumably innocent life for no good reason at all is itself immoral. I assume that is
by hardlianotion 11y ago
It's all very telling, but the notion that you would sacrifice one more, presumably innocent life for no good reason at all is itself immoral.
I assume that is part of the moral of the tale. The story only makes sense in signalling that you think that nuclear weapons are pointless.
- epistasis 11y ago> no good reason There's a good reason: to make real the human suffering that can be caused in a quick, momentary decision. Previous forms of warfare took longer amounts of time to cause immense destruction. Read the story of Ronald Reagan's response to watching the movie The Day After [1] and you will realize that such representations of the suffering can have a great impact. > The story only makes sense in signalling that you think that nuclear weapons are pointless. Absolutely not. You can think that nuclear weapons are important, and still take seriously their immense destructive capacity. Throughout human history human leaders have caused great suffering at little cost to themselves. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After#Effects_on_policymakers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After#Effects_on_polic...