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This analysis explores the ethical challenges posed by state and non-state nuclear proliferation. It addresses crucial questions about trusted states with nuclear arsenals, the implications for other nations that acquire such weapons, and the rationale behind maintaining nuclear weapons despite their disuse. The paper also discusses historical concerns regarding unsecured nuclear materials post-Communism and the contemporary threats posed by terrorism and state actors like North Korea and Iran supplying non-state actors. This discourse emphasizes two perspectives on the ethics of nuclear armament.
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Ethics The challenges of state and non-state proliferation
http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1998-by-isao-hashimoto/ • (12 minutes onwards)
State Proliferation • Q: Which states are ‘trusted’ to have nuclear weapons? • Q: What happens to other states who acquire nuclear weapons? • Q: Why have them if no one will ever use them? • Q: What situations would a state use nuclear weapons?
Non-State Proliferation • Never happened. • The biggest threat (a while ago) was from Nukes in the former USSR that were unsecured after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. • Now… terrorism? North Korea / Iran / Pakistan supplying non-State actors.
Short Answers… • Outline two perspectives on the ethical issue of nuclear armament. (6-7 marks)
