In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it.
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It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense.Herman Kahn
Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity.
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Nuclear weapons are intrinsically neither moral nor immoral, though they are more prone to immoral use than most weapons.
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Because of new technologies, new wealth, new conditions of domestic life and of international relations, unprecedented criteria and issues are coming up for national decision.
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Nevertheless, during the sixty years of the twentieth century many problems have come increasingly into the realm of acceptable public discussion.
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I'm against fashionable thinking.
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