Nuclear War and Weapons of Mass Destruction Flashcards

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What do Nuclear weapons do?

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Devastate Huge areas

Kill large numbers of people

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What are chemical weapons?

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Chemicals are used to poison, burn or paralyse humans and destroy the natural environment

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What are biological weapons?

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Weapons that have living organisms or infective material

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NO RELIGION supports the use of WMD

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NO RELIGION supports the use of WMD

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WMD issues include:

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Costly, Hard to control, can get into the wrong hands

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What could you argue about WMD?

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The possession of them acts as a deterrent

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2 contrasting beliefs about WMD (Christianity)

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Wrong (only God has the right to end life) Sanctity of Life

Right (eye for an eye) if weapons of mass destruction are used against you than u can use them back.

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2 contrasting beliefs about WMD (Islam)

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Islam only promotes peace. SO no justification of using WMDs. Possession is allowed

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