Global Ethics Forum: The Nuclear Necessity Principle with Scott D. Sagan
759 views · Published 8 September 2017 · 27:08 · Indexed 22 September 2026
Channel: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs · 2017 · News & Politics
Major changes must be made if U.S. nuclear war plans are to conform to the principles of just war doctrine and the law of armed conflict, declares Stanford University's Scott Sagan. He proposes a new doctrine: "the nuclear necessity principle." In sum, the U.S. will not use nuclear weapons against any target that could be reliably destroyed by conventional means. For full audio and transcript and video clips from this talk, please go to: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/studio/multimedia/20170804-scott-sagan-nuclear-necessity-principle
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