Word: moralizations
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...It’s about the struggle for power and what it does to friendships,” Nye says of the book’s crux. “It shows what it’s like in Washington and the difficulty of keeping a moral compass...
Peter and his colleagues find themselves in a moral dilemma over the use of force to deal with this threat. A military strike would lead to the death of an old friend, now a scientist in Pakistan’s nuclear program. Peter is left dirtied and disillusioned by the web of intrigue with which he has become involved, ending with all the aspects of his life being drawn into...
...previously stated that the idea came from a memo he had written for the Secretary of State concerning the ethics of a preemptive strike against a nascent nuclear program. The moral problem continued to fascinate him until it found an expression in fiction...
Nye’s main goal in writing the book was to “illustrate the tension between power and morality as it relates to issues today.” On the national level, he raises the question of the legitimacy of the use of force, while on the personal level, he stresses the need for a moral balance in policymakers...
...reader of Nye’s novel is forced to “think about the issue of using force in terms of moral issues.” He adds, “I wish people had read it before the invasion of Iraq...