...conventional, which exceeds the limits of proportionality is morally permissible. B. On Deterrence 1. "In current conditions 'deterrence' based on balance,...toward a progressive disarmament, may still be judged morally acceptable. Nonetheless, in order to ensure peace, it is indispensable not to be satisfied...

...reference to these issues, Pope John Paul II judges that deterrence may still be judged morally acceptable, "certainly not as an end in itself but as a step on the way toward a progressive disarmament." 776. On more than one occasion the Holy Father has demonstrated his awareness of the fragility and...

...reference to these issues, Pope John Paul II judges that deterrence may still be judged morally acceptable, "certainly not as an end in itself but as a step on the way toward progressive disarmament." Two questions have particularly concerned us: 1) the targeting doctrine and...

...Message to the Second Special Session of the United Nations on Disarmament in 1982 is cited as authority: In current conditions "deterrence" based on balance,...toward a progressive disarmament, may still be judged morally acceptable, (cited par 173) I have said enough about the unjustifying linkage of the morality...

...of deterrence expressed by Pope John Paul II to the UN Second Special Session on Disarmament (1982): "In current conditions 'deterrence' based on balance,...as an end in itself but as a step on the way toward progressive disarmament, may still be judged morally acceptable." What is even more significant in...

...conventional which exceeds the limits of proportionality is morally permissible. B. On Deterrence: 1. "In current conditions 'deterrence' based on balance,...toward a progressive disarmament, may still be judged morally acceptable. Nonetheless, in order to ensure peace, it is indispensable not to be satisfied...

...cited, in his address to the United Nations June 1982 Special Session on Disarmament, as stating that "deterrence based on balance, certainly not as an end in itself but as a step on the way toward progressive disarmament, may still be judged morally acceptable." 3 Cardinal Krol is cited as stating...

...kind. What goes around comes around. From this perspective, differentiation of self is seen not as an end in itself but as a step on the way toward the ultimate goal of family of origin work. That goal is personal autonomy linked with intergenerational...

...of deterrence is primarily based on a 1982 quote from John Paul II at the United Nations. He said, "In current conditions deterrence based on balance,...toward a progressive disarmament, may still be judged morally acceptable." No one in the Vatican could argue with that without accusing the pope of consequentialism....

...prevent the use of nuclear weapons by others"; and (c) a reliance on deterrence must be used "not as an end in itself but as a step on the way toward a progressive disarmament."12 Both lines of argument are flawed, although it must be conceded that the second is...