It's Time to Confront the Ethics of Hiroshima. Leo Maley and Uday Mohan.
by Maley, Leo; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 18Global Issues. Publisher: Gazette-Mail, 2005ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Atomic bomb | Atomic bomb victims | Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects | Hiroshima (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment -- (1945) | War -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "August 6 [2005] marked the 60th anniversary of the atomic destruction of the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War II. We Americans reflect on this event in sharply differing ways. Some Americans recall the event with shame and express their fervent hope that nuclear weapons never be used again. Others firmly believe that the use of atomic bombs saved American lives by ending the war prior to a bloody American invasion of Japan." (GAZETTE-MAIL) The authors of this article challenge the reader to consider the bombing as "an unjustifiable act in a fully justified war."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: It's Time to Confront the Ethics of Hiroshima, Aug. 14, 2005; pp. 1D+.
"August 6 [2005] marked the 60th anniversary of the atomic destruction of the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War II. We Americans reflect on this event in sharply differing ways. Some Americans recall the event with shame and express their fervent hope that nuclear weapons never be used again. Others firmly believe that the use of atomic bombs saved American lives by ending the war prior to a bloody American invasion of Japan." (GAZETTE-MAIL) The authors of this article challenge the reader to consider the bombing as "an unjustifiable act in a fully justified war."
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