Persuasive Essay: The Ethical Use Of Nuclear Weapons
Thesis:
The creation and use of nuclear weapons were an unnecessary, unsafe, and an unethical addition to the war industries already expansive arsenal.
I. Nuclear weapons have a short, but expansive history.
a) People who made the first discoveries about fission paved the way for nuclear weapons science.
b) The Manhattan Project was the beginning of the nuclear age.
II. Nuclear weapons are unnecessary.
a) Nuclear weapons, and the states that possess them, cause tension and paranoia amongst their allies and enemies.
b) Nuclear weapons have been the cause of multiple unnecessary wars among nuclear states.
III. Nuclear weapons are not seen as ethical.
a) States who possess nuclear weapons can become super powers among other countries.
b) Possessing a device that could potentially eliminate everything can be seen as morally unacceptable.
IV. Nuclear weapons themselves are potentially unsafe.
a) Nuclear terrorism is a major threat to today’s society.
b) There are …show more content…
Additional countries may decide to seek nuclear weapons as it becomes clear their neighbors and regional rivals are already doing so. The ‘domino theory’ of the twenty first century may as well be nuclear.” And right he was. (Cirincione, pg. 108) China cited US nuclear threats for its decision to build the bomb. As long as United States imperialism possesses nuclear bombs, China felt the need to have them too; and China’s nuclear tests forced India to consider its nuclear options as well, which led to Pakistan beginning a nuclear program of their own. The destructive power of these weapons was so great that the logic of waging a preventative war, of launching a surprise attack on an enemy, might prove too hard to resist. Similar to a shootout in the old west a nuclear war might be won by whoever fired first. (Cirincione, pg.51,
The creation and use of nuclear weapons were an unnecessary, unsafe, and an unethical addition to the war industries already expansive arsenal.
I. Nuclear weapons have a short, but expansive history.
a) People who made the first discoveries about fission paved the way for nuclear weapons science.
b) The Manhattan Project was the beginning of the nuclear age.
II. Nuclear weapons are unnecessary.
a) Nuclear weapons, and the states that possess them, cause tension and paranoia amongst their allies and enemies.
b) Nuclear weapons have been the cause of multiple unnecessary wars among nuclear states.
III. Nuclear weapons are not seen as ethical.
a) States who possess nuclear weapons can become super powers among other countries.
b) Possessing a device that could potentially eliminate everything can be seen as morally unacceptable.
IV. Nuclear weapons themselves are potentially unsafe.
a) Nuclear terrorism is a major threat to today’s society.
b) There are …show more content…
Additional countries may decide to seek nuclear weapons as it becomes clear their neighbors and regional rivals are already doing so. The ‘domino theory’ of the twenty first century may as well be nuclear.” And right he was. (Cirincione, pg. 108) China cited US nuclear threats for its decision to build the bomb. As long as United States imperialism possesses nuclear bombs, China felt the need to have them too; and China’s nuclear tests forced India to consider its nuclear options as well, which led to Pakistan beginning a nuclear program of their own. The destructive power of these weapons was so great that the logic of waging a preventative war, of launching a surprise attack on an enemy, might prove too hard to resist. Similar to a shootout in the old west a nuclear war might be won by whoever fired first. (Cirincione, pg.51,