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From Trinity to Today: The History and Ethics of the Atomic Bomb
On July 16, 1945, humanity split the atom and crossed a threshold it could never uncross. From the searing flash of the Trinity Test to the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the atomic age has forced us to confront a truth that Günther Anders warned about: our capacity to destroy has outpaced our capacity to…
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The Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Moral Reckoning
The ethical shock of Hiroshima was not only in the destruction of two cities, but in the recognition that humanity had become capable of self-extinction and yet remained emotionally unprepared to prevent it. The nuclear age demands not more power, but a radical expansion of moral imagination.
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Remembering Hiroshima: Ethics in the Shadow of Technological Catastrophe
On August 6, 1945, humanity crossed an invisible line, from the age of war to the age of planetary destruction. For philosopher Günther Anders, Hiroshima was not just a tragedy of war, but a moral catastrophe born of a civilization that creates more than it can imagine, and destroys without fully understanding what it has…
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Intergenerational Justice: The ICJ’s Call to Action on Climate
On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark advisory opinion. It declared that all States are legally obligated to protect the global climate system. In its unanimous ruling, the ICJ confirmed that international law requires States to take action against climate change. This obligation arises from a web of environmental…
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Reimagining Eudaimonia in the Anthropocene
The ancient Greek concept of eudaimonia is often translated as “flourishing” or “the good life.” It has long guided ethical thought about the nature of human well-being. Eudaimonia is rooted in the philosophical traditions of Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics. It represents a state of living in accordance with virtue and with reason. Yet, as…
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