Catholic Conscience and Nuclear Weapons

Authors

Joseph J. Fahey, Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College in New York City (retired)

Abstract

This essay briefly explores the history of Catholic ethics on war and peace. It then discusses Catholic social teaching regarding nuclear weapons, and the movement from conditional acceptance to the position of the unacceptability of even possessing nuclear weapons because they are intrinsically evil. The essay concludes with a discussion of the meaning of this development for policy makers and those who work in the nuclear weapons field as well as for average Catholics.

Recommended Citation

Fahey, Joseph J. (2020) "Catholic Conscience and Nuclear Weapons," The Journal of Social Encounters: Vol. 4: Iss. 2, 42-49.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/social_encounters/vol4/iss2/4