Introduction to Peace Studies. Moral Thought in the Nuclear Age. A course in decision making in a nuclear age. The course seeks to discover a modern sense of moral duty by acknowledging the realities of the nuclear age and asking what now we ought to do about them. An interdisciplinary seminar taught by two or more faculty members from different disciplines.
Topics are variable.
Emphasis will be variably historical, issue centered, or text centered. Students will be expected to participate in discussion, do a significant piece of writing, and contribute to a class project or group presentation. A survey of the nature, causes, and dynamics of conflict and of the ways that conflicts can be managed. A study of the history and development of nuclear weapons, their physical characteristics and capabilities and the related political and strategic planning which supports them. Supervised reading, study or research on an individual topic.