The Human Way Out
Our age has been characterized as the Nuclear Age or the Space Age, to celebrate modern man's sudden command of time, space, and energy, in a fashion more absolute than he ever before dared to dream. But this bright side of science and invention has a dark face. As never before, ours has proved to be an age of mass extermination and mass destruction; and in the conflicts that now threaten between great states, extermination, too, may become absolute and universal. There is no mechanical escape from the dangers mankind as a whole now confronts: no rocket missiles or counter-missiles will save us. We must find the human way out. Instead of planting our flag on the moon, we must quickly move to reclaim this planet for humanity.
One fact should be plain at last to all open-eyed citizens. Our national policy of exploiting nuclear energy and developing nuclear weapons was conceived on false premises and has been directed toward unsound, and ultimately inhuman and morally repulsive objectives. As a result, the dangers we now face threaten not only ourselves and our children, not only the Russians and their children, but the very existence of the human race. What seemed only a distant possibility of danger to potential enemies in 1945, now lurks ominously in the shadows by our own doorstep; or, to speak more accurately, boldly circles over our heads.
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One fact should be plain at last to all open-eyed citizens. Our national policy of exploiting nuclear energy and developing nuclear weapons was conceived on false premises and has been directed toward unsound, and ultimately inhuman and morally repulsive objectives. As a result, the dangers we now face threaten not only ourselves and our children, not only the Russians and their children, but the very existence of the human race. What seemed only a distant possibility of danger to potential enemies in 1945, now lurks ominously in the shadows by our own doorstep; or, to speak more accurately, boldly circles over our heads.
The Human Way Out
Our age has been characterized as the Nuclear Age or the Space Age, to celebrate modern man's sudden command of time, space, and energy, in a fashion more absolute than he ever before dared to dream. But this bright side of science and invention has a dark face. As never before, ours has proved to be an age of mass extermination and mass destruction; and in the conflicts that now threaten between great states, extermination, too, may become absolute and universal. There is no mechanical escape from the dangers mankind as a whole now confronts: no rocket missiles or counter-missiles will save us. We must find the human way out. Instead of planting our flag on the moon, we must quickly move to reclaim this planet for humanity.
One fact should be plain at last to all open-eyed citizens. Our national policy of exploiting nuclear energy and developing nuclear weapons was conceived on false premises and has been directed toward unsound, and ultimately inhuman and morally repulsive objectives. As a result, the dangers we now face threaten not only ourselves and our children, not only the Russians and their children, but the very existence of the human race. What seemed only a distant possibility of danger to potential enemies in 1945, now lurks ominously in the shadows by our own doorstep; or, to speak more accurately, boldly circles over our heads.
One fact should be plain at last to all open-eyed citizens. Our national policy of exploiting nuclear energy and developing nuclear weapons was conceived on false premises and has been directed toward unsound, and ultimately inhuman and morally repulsive objectives. As a result, the dangers we now face threaten not only ourselves and our children, not only the Russians and their children, but the very existence of the human race. What seemed only a distant possibility of danger to potential enemies in 1945, now lurks ominously in the shadows by our own doorstep; or, to speak more accurately, boldly circles over our heads.
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BN ID: | 2940158700361 |
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Publisher: | Pendle Hill Publications |
Publication date: | 06/28/2017 |
Series: | Pendle Hill Pamphlets , #97 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 106 KB |
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