tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post647145486608804055..comments2024-03-28T12:26:03.686+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Episcopal leadershipFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-6563343046924056182021-04-01T14:17:36.903+01:002021-04-01T14:17:36.903+01:00"b) there is no reason to spend large sums of..."b) there is no reason to spend large sums of money on nuclear weapons if their use is explicitly ruled out."<br /><br />True, but conventional weapons are far more expensive for their effectiveness and deterrent and then there is huge quantities of lives which may perish in the operation of them. The old saying it's "a bigger bang for the buck" is very true for nuclear John F. Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037968518030663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-10381662133492703292021-03-31T14:21:28.973+01:002021-03-31T14:21:28.973+01:00Deterrence does not depend on the intention of the...Deterrence does not depend on the intention of the potential user of nuclear weapons. It depends on the perception of a possible adversary.<br /><br />Should a British Prime Minister announce that he would under no circumstances use nuclear weapons, deterrence would still apply since a potential adversary could reasonably infer that a) he might be lying and b) there is no reason to spend large John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-46166303177062663832021-03-31T12:20:50.644+01:002021-03-31T12:20:50.644+01:00Ann, though I will be the first to confess that I ...Ann, though I will be the first to confess that I am as non-serious as they come, I would think that the question of whether one might licitly do wrong in order to prevent another wrong is one that has been addressed pretty often by serious people.Ben Whitworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499311491843942923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-74815682320904309262021-03-31T10:04:11.893+01:002021-03-31T10:04:11.893+01:00Keep going on this, Father. Keep going!
There i...Keep going on this, Father. Keep going! <br /><br />There is much meat to chew and digest in this piece. Let’s hope and pray for the courage and perseverance to follow through where it’s leading. More please.<br /><br />Terry Mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729701316513729828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-67877080739949923622021-03-30T22:01:02.578+01:002021-03-30T22:01:02.578+01:00So we should have just wrung our hands and allowed...So we should have just wrung our hands and allowed the Nazis or the Japanese to develop and use the bomb first? This is a serious question that non-serious people never address. Have you noticed?Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16864933595380979520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-53095616840472229332021-03-30T20:59:58.410+01:002021-03-30T20:59:58.410+01:00How does one handle the bully, if the bully won...How does one handle the bully, if the bully won't abide by the Just War precepts and whose behavior is not deterred by the possibility of his own destruction? Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833345391579579562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-17904518390729170252021-03-30T17:10:18.828+01:002021-03-30T17:10:18.828+01:00Dear Father,
One of the many wonderful things abou...Dear Father,<br />One of the many wonderful things about the Faith is that it has not avoided the difficult questions.<br />It concentrates my mind when I look at the bombs dropped at the end of WW2. I am sure you are right, Father. Yet I am still troubled, particularly as an Australian, at the thought of the Allied lives which would have been lost in any invasion of Japan. Compton Pauncefoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074781415142746220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-43957733106233947222015-04-20T23:09:51.897+01:002015-04-20T23:09:51.897+01:00I think all the counter arguments being invoked ar...I think all the counter arguments being invoked are failing to address the plain moral truth that "nuclear deterrence" most certainly relies on a clear will and intention to carry through with the threat to use weapons of global destruction in certain circumstances. Any politician who said that they would never and could never sanction their use, because to do so would be immoral would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com