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1. ISL+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-22 20:11:50
Academics often ask ethical questions about their work. There are a huge number of physicists who devote time to non-proliferation work, cleaning up the ethical detritus from generations past.
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2. ummonk+s3[view] [source] 2020-06-22 20:24:29
>>ISL+(OP)
Well even that is not an ethically straightforward issue. Nuclear proliferation reduces the frequency and typical intensity of violent conflicts, in exchange for risking an extremely high intensity conflict.
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3. RhysU+YJ[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-23 00:30:57
>>ummonk+s3
It's also about the only direction left. There's hardly any lawful, paid proliferation to go around.
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