MORAL AND LEGAL DEFECTS IN THE CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR DETERRENCE
MORAL AND LEGAL DEFECTS IN THE CONCEPT OF NUCLEAR DETERRENCE

Summary/Abstract: This paper seeks to show the fragility of views that have defended nuclear deterrence as a feasible way to maintain peace and order by proving why nuclear deterrence becomes detrimental on moral and legal grounds. The overall structure of this paper is based on main arguments proving the legal and moral defects of considering nuclear deterrence as method of balancing power or avoiding a conflict. The paper is based on dual theoretical structures stemming from international law and moral philosophy. In order to reach the research outcome, the paper has relied on international case law and moralist argument critiquing the concept of nuclear deterrence.

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