sine qua non
| (Latin ‘without which not’) absolutely essential. |
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| This is indeed a conditio sine qua non for a global "ethics of care for the other", spearheaded by towering thinkers from Tagore to Buber to Schweitzer, to mention a few salient ones. Prevention of nuclear war: "The prevention of nuclear war is not an issue among many; it is the conditio sine qua non of all our endeavours', states the Secretary-General in his report on suitable steps to expedite effective action for the prevention of nuclear war (CD/603). |
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