Title Forbidden Receiving Pope Francis's Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons

Published Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (404 p.) Contents Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. How We Got Here -- 1 From Deterrence to Abolition: The Evolution of Roman Catholic Nuclear Ethics -- 2 Just War Lessons We Should Remember -- 3 Philosophical Debate on Nuclear Deterrence -- 4 The Moral Ecology of Deterrence and Abolition -- PART II. Witnesses -- 5 Nuclear Realists -- 6 The Testimony of Witnesses -- 7 Swords into Plowshares -- PART III. Toward a World without Nuclear Weapons -- 8 National Attitudes toward Nuclear Deterrence 9 6 + 6 = 9: Law and Nuclear Weapons -- 10 Abolition in the Context of General Disarmament -- 11 New Models: Building Capacities for Nuclear Cooperation -- 12 Nuclear Abolition and Global Human Needs -- PART IV. Evolution of Just War -- 13 Nuclear Disarmament: Ethical Challenges at or Near Zero -- 14 Just Peace and Nuclear Disarmament -- 15 Peacebuilding and Nuclear Deterrence -- 16 Prophetic Indictment or Deliberative Discussion? -- PART V. Conscience Formation -- 17 Formation of Conscience Regarding the Development, Possession, and Use of Nuclear Weapons 18 Catholic Conscience and Nuclear Weapons -- 19 The Conundrum of Deterrence: A Practical Christian Response -- 20 Pastoral Accompaniment: Pope Francis's Approach to the Human Vocation -- PART VI. Moral Education -- 21 Reviving Disarmament Education -- 22 The Nuclear History Boot Camp -- 23 Propaganda for Peace: Memes, Mass Moralizing, and a World Free of Nuclear Weapons -- 24 A World without Nuclear Weapons: Imagine It One Step at a Time -- PART VII. Responsible Actors -- 25 The Ethics of Nuclear Stewards -- 26 In the Chain of Command -- 27 Profiting from the Bomb 28 The Condemnation of the Possession, Threat of Use, and Use of Nuclear Weapons: Reflections for Scientists and Technologists -- 29 Morality Matters: A Parliamentarian Reflects on Nuclear Disarmament -- 30 The Ethics of Manufacturing Nuclear Weapons -- 31 The Responsibilities of "Enabled" Citizens for Integral Disarmament and Sustainable Human Development -- PART VIII. The Role of Lay Catholic Movements -- 32 Organizing the Church for a World without Nuclear Weapons -- Index -- About the Contributors Summary Forbidden moves beyond the conceptualization of a ban on nuclear weapons to the implementation of the Pope's teachings, the first pontiff to condemn possession. This book interweaves the essential witness of survivors of nuclear attacks and test explosions with the voices of leaders who provide needed context for Pope Francis's condemnation Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Francis, Pope, 1936- Deterrence (Strategy) -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Just war doctrine Nuclear disarmament -- Moral and ethical aspects Nuclear disarmament -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Nuclear weapons -- Moral and ethical aspects Nuclear weapons -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Peace -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Form Electronic book Author Sargent, Carole ISBN 9781647122904 1647122902

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