It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by Omphale
The statement was in context to nuclear technology.
German military technology was, in general, half a century ahead of everyone else.
After the war, having nazi designs was like having all the gold in the world.
In nuclear technology, however, the Germans lagged.
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by Omphale
Perhaps. But I don't really recall the Americans nor the Russians having the same weapons quality as Germany by the end of the war. Everything from the ak47 to the Apollo rockets was based off German designs that Germany created.
Consequentialism is the class of normative ethical theories holding that the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness of that conduct. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right act (or omission) is one that will produce a good outcome, or consequence