Nuclear non-proliferation: Iran
Nuclear non-proliferation is a top priority goal for the Obama administration. Recent activities regarding this goal showed that some countries will not easily cooperate with Obama’s whishes. Iran is one of these countries that wants to develop nuclear energy but only, as they claim, for ‘nuclear energy capabilities’ such as nuclear power plants to power their country. However the United States and its allies believe that Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons while they want to disarm the world of nuclear weaponry. Obama suggest that the United Nations (UN) should issue stronger sanctions against Iran for continuing their nuclear program. While some nations are hesitating for issuing stronger sanctions, Obama believes that they will eventually agree. However if one country does not want to comply to the comments and regulations of some of the most powerful countries in the world, things will get dangerous. Iran secretly continues on their nuclear program while rejecting every comment made by other countries. You could say that Iran has a morally hard case (MHC). They know that developing nuclear weapons is wrong and will not help them gain favor from the rest of the world. On the other hand developing nuclear weapons gives them ‘protection’ against attacks, more ‘power’ in terms of they will become a nuclear nation as well and need more care and respect from other nations and it will indirectly benefit for their nuclear power plants. However Iran does not think of it as a MHC because they continue their nuclear program whatever the rest of the world thinks. They are not troubled by choosing the morally right thing because in their view, they are doing nothing wrong. However their intentions of secretly continuing their nuclear program are not morally right.
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First, to make things clear, I assume (just like the author) that the nuclear program of Iran is meant to develop nuclear weapons and not for nuclear energy capabilities.
In my opinion we are not dealing with a morally hard case but with a problem of moral motivation. I think the only reason Iran continues with their nuclear program is to become a more powerful nation. On the other hand, building up and continuing the nuclear program is morally wrong. It does not give the citizens protection but rather the opposite effect. By continuing the program they come in conflict with other nations. We already see this in the form of sanctions issued by the UN and in the worst case this could even lead to a future war.
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