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The nuclear armed forces and its supporting structure sure is a scary place. Working with making new weapons capable of little else but genocide is not for tho
by SiempreViernes 8y ago
The nuclear armed forces and its supporting structure sure is a scary place.
Working with making new weapons capable of little else but genocide is not for those who think too much about the ethics of engineering.
- p2t2p 8y agoWell, if you see that thing as the only one that stops people from killing each other, I can see how one could stretch ethics to be ok with this job.
- jhayward 8y agoThat is a particularly naive view of the role that nuclear weapons have played over the past 75 years. It is also clear that many of the original designers thought very deeply, much more so than 99% of all the people who opine away from their armchairs today. Nuclear weapons ethics are a very tricky subject to deal with in an informed, realistic, and even-handed way. Most people who give knee-jerk opinions haven't done a good job of dealing with them.