Maley, Leo,

It's Time to Confront the Ethics of Hiroshima. Leo Maley and Uday Mohan. - Gazette-Mail, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 18, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. 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."

1522-3221;


Atomic bomb
Atomic bomb victims
Decision making--Moral and ethical aspects
War--Moral and ethical aspects


Hiroshima (Japan)--History-- Bombardment--(1945)

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