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Designed to Kill: The Case Against Weapons Research (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
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Designed to Kill: The Case Against Weapons Research (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Series: Research Ethics Forum, 1
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The pilot-less drones, smart bombs and other high-tech weapons on
display in recent conflicts are all the outcome of weapons
research. However, the kind of scientific and technological
endeavour has been around for a long time, producing not only the
armaments of Nazi Germany and the atomic bombs dropped on Japan,
but the catapults used in ancient Greece and Rome and the assault
rifles used by child soldiers in Africa. In this book John Forge
examines such weapons research and asks whether it is morally
acceptable to undertake such an activity. He argues that it is in
fact morally wrong to take part in weapons research as its primary
purpose is to produce the means to harm others, and moreover he
argues that all attempts to then justify participation in weapons
research do not stand up to scrutiny. This book has wide appeal in
fields of philosophy and related areas, as well to a more general
audience who are puzzled about the rate at which new weapons are
accumulated.
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