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Weapons have long been the focus of ethical discourse since a long time. In 1096 Pope Urban II prohibited the use of crossbows introduced from China in 1096 and Pope Innocent II repeating the prohibition in 1139 both without any real effect. New weapons have long been regarded as inhuman and unfair such as the machine gun in 1884 (despite the damage such a weapon could do the inventor argued it would prevent human suffering), nuclear weapons in 1945 (giving rise to international action to prevent their use), and biological and chemical weapons.
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ten Have, H., Patrão Neves, M. (2021). Weapons (See Biological Weapons). In: Dictionary of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54161-3_518
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