NUCLEAR WEAPONS HAVE INCREASED STATES SECURITY. Nuclear Deterrence and Deontology. William H. Shaw. Ethics, Vol. 94, No. 2 (Jan, 1984), pp. 248-260. Published by The University of Chicago Press. Stable URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/2380515 Many people assume that the nuclear era has made our lives more perilous, but if it were the case that the American hydrogen arsenal has prevented not just nuclear war, but a conventional conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that would have occurred in anon- nuclear post-World War II world, then it may actually have increased not only our safety, but the safety of the civilians held "hostage" in the USSR.
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