Nuclear weapons are against Iran’s religious principles
Iranian minister: Islam opposes nukes 03.04.11, / Israel News Share on The development or use of nuclear weapons contradicts Iran’s religious principles and would violate the tenets of Islam, the country’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says. “Islamic Republic authorities have reiterated that nuclear arms are against the country’s religious principals,” Salehi said in an interview with the Euronews channel in Germany said. “We have been committed to the NPT and believe that the proliferation of a nuclear bomb is against the tenets of Islam.” (Ynet) Iranian minister: Islam opposes nukes – Israel News, Ynetnews
Ethical, but very real, dilemma about nuclear power
in a nuclear context, total destruction of the target is assured and so, if one’s own annihilation is certain, is retaliation for its own sake a valid course of action?….is a reaction that wipes out the rest of humanity morally justifiable? Further, if one decides it is, what would the post-holocaust world look like and would it be worth living in for those who were not part of the original conflict?
This is just one of the dilemmas we face when considering the application of nuclear power,…..
Review: How the End Begins by Ron Rosenbaum | CultureMob, 24 Feb 2011, “………………. argues Ron Rosenbaum, author of the highly-acclaimed Explaining Hitler and The Shakespeare Wars, in his sensational new book How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III . We are, and always have been, perilously close to nuclear war at any given time, and the threats are not just external. Glaring, to the point of grimly comical, flaws exist in our own nuclear response processes that make very real the possibility of a global inferno started by mistake. Continue reading
In the mind of a nuclear missile man
Missile training fosters an unquestioning, automation mentality. I was trained to be a cog in the machine: Orders were orders, and a lawful command from the president was not subject to debate or dissonance.
Every missileer is carefully screened for mental aptitude and stability, yet they’re evaluated for their readiness to unleash hell.
In Nuclear Silos, Death Wears a Snuggie | Danger Room | Wired.com,
- By John Noonan
- January 14, 2011
“………America and her nuclear warriors have an odd relationship. For decades, missileers (as we’re known in the military) have quietly performed their duties, custodians of a dying breed of weapon. But American citizens have no real connection with the shadowy operators who stand the old posts of the Cold War, despite the fact that they spend up to $8 billion a year to maintain our country’s nuclear deterrent. The truth is the job is an awesome responsibility, but it’s deeply weird………….. Continue reading
Secret radiation experiments on human patients in USA
American citizens who had checked into hospitals for a variety of ailments had been secretly injected with varying amounts of plutonium and other radioactive materials without their knowledge. Most patients thought it was “just another injection,” but the secret studies left enough radioactive material in the patients’ bodies to readily induce cancer………More on Human Experimentation « Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog
The ethical dilemma of medical radiation
much of decision-making in medicine is in the hands of individual physicians, and it is theoretically in our power to limit unnecessary procedures. But this can create a conflict between what is good for an individual patient and what is good for the health of the entire population.
Patient 1, Society 0 NYTimes.comBy DANIELLE OFRI, M.D. 24 Dec 10, If I did a CT scan for every one of my many patients with headache, I might pick up an otherwise unsuspected tumor in one of out of thousands of them. For that one patient, it would be valuable. For the many more who would have side effects from the scan — from the contrast dye or radiation, or from false positive results leading to yet more tests — it would be harmful. And when finite health care dollars get shifted to unnecessary tests — well, we all lose out eventually….. Continue reading
Tiny squirrel monkeys saved from radiation tests – a win for ethics!
In November 2009, PCRM filed a federal petition for administrative action seeking to compel the federal government to halt these experiments because they violate the NASA Principles for the Ethical Care and Use of Animals,..filing legal complaints stating the monkey experiments violate the federal Animal Welfare Act.
Department of Energy Blocks NASA’s Planned Monkey Radiation Experiments , News and Media Center PCRM, 16 Dec 10, Brookhaven National Laboratory Confirms Cancellation of Space Agency’s $1.75 Million Boondoggle WASHINGTON—NASA’s plan to expose live squirrel monkeys to radiation has been canceled, Continue reading
Gaol terms loom for elderly religious anti nuclear activists
Anne Montgomery, 83, a Sacred Heart sister from New York; Bill Bischel, SJ, 81, a Jesuit priest from Tacoma Washington; ….Steve Kelly, SJ, 60, a Jesuit priest from Oakland California.
Jury Reaches Verdict in Disarm Now Plowshares Trial, CommonDreams.org, WASHINGTON – December 13 – The federal criminal trial of five veteran peace activists that began December 7 ended today after the jury found them guilty on all counts. Continue reading
NASA’s radiation tests on monkeys not relevant to space research
The monkey experiment — which NASA plans to fund with $1.75 million of taxpayer money – disregards both ethics and common sense.
9 Dec 10, “…….I’m extremely disappointed that during tough program cuts, NASA continues to defend expensive primate research that is unlikely to produce anything of value to human space flight. Continue reading
Depleted uranium weapons – ethics discussion in Norway
Norwegian Foreign Minister makes statement on depleted uranium International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons, 10 Dec 10, Norway’s Foreign Minister has called for continued research into the potential impact of depleted uranium weapons during a discussion on the issue in the Norwegian parliament. 9 December 2010 – ICBUW Continue reading
Public outcry results in closure of NASA’s cruel radiation monkey experiements
dozens of squirrel monkeys …. will be spared from receiving harmful doses of radiation and then being isolated in cages and subjected to years of behavioral experiments
NASA Grounds Monkey Radiation Experiments! | PETA.org. by Alisa Mullins, 9 Dec 10, Well, folks, you did it. After scores of protests and more than 100,000 letters, phone calls, and e-mails from PETA supporters—including some high-profile allies, such as Sir Paul McCartney, Bob Barker, Alicia Silverstone, members of Congress, and even a former NASA astronaut and engineer—the space agency has quietly called off plans to conduct cruel radiation experiments on monkeys. Continue reading
Ethical scientists should not work for nuclear industry
scientists should refrain from activities that have the potential to indirectly aid the production of nuclear weapons
Business leaders of the future want clean renewable energy
The report calls for …… a fair deal for young people in the decision making process, active work to ensure the Government doesn’t pass policies that lock future generations into ecological debt,..
(UK) Potential business leaders of the future champion renewable energy, Green Investing, By Michelle Ward | 05 December 2010, Government research published this week shows that young people in the UK strongly support the use of renewable energy, including solar, offshore and onshore wind power. Continue reading
Immorality of nuclear weapons
the neutron bomb was designed to kill people with massive doses of radiation while leaving buildings, cities, whole countries pretty well intact…..Cohen’s death must surely highlight questions about whether we are facing up to the life-and-death realities of our increasingly nuclear world, or burying our heads in the sand.
And in the years that followed, Cohen would become the architect of what many would see as an even more monstrous weapon. Continue reading
Osama bin Laden called the use of nuclear weapons a ‘religious duty’
By 1992, Al Qaeda was already dabbling in the nuclear black market…….Although Osama bin Laden had no authority to issue a fatwa, he embraced an opportunity to seek “God’s approval” for the decision to escalate the conflict to the next stage…..bin Laden made it a religious duty for his followers to pursue Weapons of Mass Destruction. ……
Al Qaeda’s Religious Justification of Nuclear Weapons”, THE HUFFINGTIN POST, Rahim Kanani:, 19 Nov 10, “….. Bin Laden would develop an idea that would breathe life back into Zawahiri’s dreams: the United States must become the target of the jihad. Continue reading
Buddhist monks campaign for renewable energy
The monks are campaigning for renewable energy as a means to deliver electricity to people without adversely affecting the climate
Buddhist monks demand renewable energy in Bodhgaya, sify news, 20 Oct 10, Buddhist monks released sky lanterns before Buddha’s 80-feet-tall statue to demand renewable energy as a solution to the power crisis in the religious town of Bodhgaya in Bihar’s Gaya District. Continue reading
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