A Quest For Global Peace Rotblat And Ikeda On War Ethics And The Nuclear Threat Rotblat by Rotblat, Joseph, 1908-2005, Ikeda, Daisaku instant download after payment.

1 online resource (xv, 157 pages) :, One of the 'inventors' of the nuclear bomb, Sir Joseph Rotblat very soon turned away from weapons research to make a prolonged and principled stand against the dangers of nuclear proliferation. A physicist of great brilliance, he metamorphosed into a campaigner of admired moral conviction and leadership. This series of dialogues between two leading ethical thinkers brings together the courage and humanity of Rotblat with the spiritual wisdom and global visionary outlook of Daisaku Ikeda, the leader of the world's largest and most influential lay Buddhist organisation. Together they reflect on, Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-150) and index, One world, one table, one will to unring the nuclear bell : Pugwash -- Hiroshima and Nagasaki : from Japan's ground zero to the world -- Living history : to survive, to study when the world is at war -- The conscience of a nuclear physicist : quitting the Manhattan Project -- The power of a name : the Russell-Einstein manifesto -- From Hiroshima to Norway : Pugwash wins the Nobel Prize -- The lie of deterrence, the vision of abolition -- Science and faith : the extension of reason -- Loyalty to humanity : competition with a human face -- Toward a world without war : the United Nations and we the people, Print version record, Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized 2010