First Things RSS Feed - Kevin L. Flannery https://www.firstthings.com/author/kevin-l-flannery en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:57:03 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/kevin-l-flannery 60 Ethics of Leadership and Ethics of Teaching https://www.firstthings.com/article/2021/04/ethics-of-leadership-and-ethics-of-teaching https://www.firstthings.com/article/2021/04/ethics-of-leadership-and-ethics-of-teaching Thu, 01 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0400 John Keown spoke recently about the ethics of nuclear weapons. In his lecture, “The Pope and the Bomb: The Ethics of Nuclear Deterrence,” Keown argued that the aiming of nuclear weapons at cities and intending to use them in order to deter enemy attacks is immoral. Keown’s moral reasoning involved a straightforward application of the Jesuit John Ford’s condemnations of counter-population obliteration bombing during World War II.

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]]> Roger’s Versions https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/12/rogers-versions https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/12/rogers-versions Sun, 01 Dec 1991 00:00:00 -0500 The Philosopher on Dover Beach: Essays
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