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The Moral Justification of the Atomic Bomb

The Moral Justification of the Atomic Bomb

FromNew Ideal, from the Ayn Rand Institute


The Moral Justification of the Atomic Bomb

FromNew Ideal, from the Ayn Rand Institute

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Length:
72 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer has revived debate about America's decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Was dropping the bomb a moral atrocity or a moral necessity? Did it unjustifiably target innocent civilians, or was it a justifiable act of self-defense? What does history teach us about what alternatives might have been pursued? And what does moral philosophy teach us about the framework we should use when deciding matters of life and death in times of war? Join Ben Bayer and Nikos Sotirakopoulos to re-examine both these historical and philosophical questions from the perspective of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism.
Released:
Aug 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The New Ideal Podcast features a curated selection of content from the pages of New Ideal, the journal of the Ayn Rand Institute. At New Ideal, we explore pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Rand’s philosophy: Objectivism, which upholds the ideals of reason, individualism and Capitalism.