Nuclear Weapons

„What characterizes the Nuclear Age is the innovation of a form of weaponry that makes possible the destruction of the species.  Nuclear weapons, which are weapons of indiscriminate mass destruction, have the capacity to foreclose the future of human life on the planet.  The philosopher John Somerville coined a new term for the potential of nuclear weapons – omnicide, meaning the death of all.  He reasoned that humans had moved from suicide, to genocide, to the potential of omnicide.  The threat or use of nuclear weapons constitutes the ultimate crime against the future, the crime of omnicide, including the destruction of the human species.“

David Krieger, WFC Councillor