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The most telling aspect of Trump’s UN speech was, after threatening to “totally destroy North Korea,” his calling the possibility of nuclear conflict “unthinkable.” On the contrary, we must think about it. And crucial to any understanding of the moral import of the possible use of nuclear weapons is to go back to the foundational moment of this nuclear age and ask again: Were Hiroshima and Nagasaki war crimes?
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Ariel Dorfman, an emeritus professor of literature at Duke University, is the author of the play Death and the Maiden and the forthcoming book of essays Homeland Security Ate My Speech and the novel Darwin’s Ghosts.
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Scoop.it!
The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose.Does it not have material and spiritual evil
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