TY - CHAP
T1 - Weapons of Mass Destruction—Conceptual and Ethical Issues with Regard to terrorism
AU - Feltes, Jonas
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The concept of WMD is part of numerous national laws and is the core of one of the most important treaties of the United Nations (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in Convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction, 1992; United Nation Office of Disarmament Affairs in The convention on the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and on their destruction, 1975). Yet, the definition of what should be considered a WMD is far from established and subject to controversial debates. Academics, policymakers, and legislators have been introducing a variety of partly conflicting conceptualizations of WMD into scientific debates, public discourse, and legislations over the last eight decades.
AB - The concept of WMD is part of numerous national laws and is the core of one of the most important treaties of the United Nations (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in Convention on the prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons and on their destruction, 1992; United Nation Office of Disarmament Affairs in The convention on the prohibition of the development, production and stockpiling of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and on their destruction, 1975). Yet, the definition of what should be considered a WMD is far from established and subject to controversial debates. Academics, policymakers, and legislators have been introducing a variety of partly conflicting conceptualizations of WMD into scientific debates, public discourse, and legislations over the last eight decades.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121485942&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-90221-6_4
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-90221-6_4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85121485942
T3 - Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
SP - 49
EP - 69
BT - Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
PB - Springer
ER -