3 ms·
>Haber worked on many of the gases used in the front lines in World War I, from mustard gas to zyklon. Immerwahr, a lifelong pacifist, was horrified and disgust
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
>Haber worked on many of the gases used in the front lines in World War I, from mustard gas to zyklon. Immerwahr, a lifelong pacifist, was horrified and disgusted by her husband’s research, which would lead to the loss of countless lives.
Haber also invented the Haber process and on the whole probably saved an order of magnitude more lives than were lost to his inventions.
- chrchang523 6y agoHe's a fascinating tragic figure. Many of his own relatives were later killed by the Zyklon B pesticide derived from his work. With that said, I think it's appropriate to focus on Clara's life in this discussion.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- Maledictus 6y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process The programme was called "Brot aus Luft" (Bread from air). The process still uses 1-2% if the worlds energy today.
- Sharlin 6y agoHow many of those humans would have ever even existed without the Haber process? The moral equation is a bit more involved than just lives saved vs lives lost, especially considering the subsequent population explosion.
- tom_mellior 6y ago> Haber also invented the Haber process and on the whole probably saved an order of magnitude more lives than were lost to his inventions. This is not a very good defense. He could very well have chosen not to develop those weapons. He made a conscious decision to kill lots of people, and we can and should absolutely judge him for this, independent of anything else he's done. We don't give surgeons a quota of one free murder for every ten lives saved either. (Edit: As always, I'd be interested in constructive criticism from the downvoters.)