Nuclear Weapons: A Catholic Response

absolutely absurd action annihilation argument atomic attack authority balance of terror batants bomb Catholic Christ Christian Church circumstances claim combatants committed communist conscience course death decision destruction deterrence double effect enemy ethic evangelical counsels fact faith fear force G. E. M. Anscombe grave Hiroshima hope human immoral indiscriminate innocent intention involved justify killing legitimate lesser evil limits McReavy means ment military morally evil murder nations necessary evils non-combatants non-violent resistance nuclear defence nuclear war nuclear warfare nuclear weapons one's P. T. Geach pacifism pacifist peace perhaps Philip Toynbee plea political Pope Pius XII possible present principle problem prudence question reason risks rulers Russians self-defence sense side simply Sir Stephen soldiers someone Stephen King-Hall strategic targets teaching Testament theologian thing threat tion total war traditional unconditional violence waging Western wicked witness World Medical Association wrong