Lecture: The 62nd Anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing - The 'Just War' Theory Justifies Too Much
By Donald A. Wells, PhD
$5.00 - 20.00 Suggested donation, everyone welcome, no one turned away
SEE ALSO: Wed. 8/8/07 7-9pm: "Play Reading: Remembering the Hiroshima Bombing: "The Face Of Jizo" a Young Girl's Survivor Story"
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Presentation Description:
Dr. Wells will share his life time of study and observations to answer the question, "How did a first century Christian movement, whose members refused to join any army, get so corrupted that by 1945 most Christians not only blessed the "bombs" but went on to embrace the doctrine of global nuclear superiority to the heavens?" The event is presented by RVML in collaboration with the Ashland Commemoration of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Presenter's Biography:
Dr. Wells taught philosophy for 22 years at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He previously taught at Oregon State University, Washington State University, and the University of Illinois. He has lectured at the Air Force Academy, Boston University, University of Houston, and the University of South Florida. He is the author of six books on issues of war and peace, scores of articles, and one book on philosophy of religion. His new book on the United Nations is titled The United Nations: States vs. International Laws
Other books by Don Wells include such provocative titles as God, Man and the Thinker: Philosophies of Religion (New York: Random House, 1962); The War Myth (New York, Pegasus, 1967); War Crimes and Laws of War (Lanham: University Press of America, 1984, Revised edition, 1991 ); The Laws of Land Warfare: A Guide to the U.S. Army Manuals (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1992) and An Encyclopedia of War and Ethics (Greenwood Press, 1996).
Dr. Wells is a member of the Board of the United Nations Association of Southern Oregon, and his most recent article is titled "War Neuroses: The Price of Making Warriors Out of Citizens". He has been a resident in the Rogue Valley since 1992, where he still enjoys cross country skiing and mountain biking.
SEE ALSO: Wed. 8/8/07 7-9pm: "Play Reading: Remembering the Hiroshima Bombing: "The Face Of Jizo" a Young Girl's Survivor Story"
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