Why Is The Atomic Bomb Wrong
Scientists and historians debated the ethics of using an atomic bomb from day one of the Manhattan Project. Not only did the atomic bomb result in approximately 200,000 deaths instantly, but the real reasons for the detonation do not always appear to be strictly military.
Some historians have found that other reasons behind the use of the bomb sprout from racism, and it has been predicted that politicians did not necessarily care about those outside of the Caucasian race. Furthermore, the dropping of the atomic bomb can seem unnecessary when considering how close Japan was to surrender. All of these arguments are important to consider within the argument in order to develop a standpoint.
As the war dragged on in the Pacific, military officials became caught up in technological advances, causing ethics to go by the wayside. The view that innocent people should not be targeted was undermined by the growing popularity in air power, as battles became more efficient in the air. Innocent Japanese civilians were targeted by the United States throughout the war, but the atomic bomb was the only weapon that was able to kill 50-60 years after its detonation. …show more content…
Discrimination of the Japanese began in the early 1900s, and extreme racism began after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Worried that a destructive attack like that could happen again, President Roosevelt ordered for mass removal and exile of the Japanese population in the United States, sending them to internment camps in the West Coast. Although Roosevelt’s requests were to protect Americans, and were put in order purely out of fear for the country, feelings of racism and prejudice quickly spread, and generally a mindset came to be that in Germany, Hitler was to blame for war and destruction, while in the Pacific, an entire population and race was blamed for military actions and
Some historians have found that other reasons behind the use of the bomb sprout from racism, and it has been predicted that politicians did not necessarily care about those outside of the Caucasian race. Furthermore, the dropping of the atomic bomb can seem unnecessary when considering how close Japan was to surrender. All of these arguments are important to consider within the argument in order to develop a standpoint.
As the war dragged on in the Pacific, military officials became caught up in technological advances, causing ethics to go by the wayside. The view that innocent people should not be targeted was undermined by the growing popularity in air power, as battles became more efficient in the air. Innocent Japanese civilians were targeted by the United States throughout the war, but the atomic bomb was the only weapon that was able to kill 50-60 years after its detonation. …show more content…
Discrimination of the Japanese began in the early 1900s, and extreme racism began after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Worried that a destructive attack like that could happen again, President Roosevelt ordered for mass removal and exile of the Japanese population in the United States, sending them to internment camps in the West Coast. Although Roosevelt’s requests were to protect Americans, and were put in order purely out of fear for the country, feelings of racism and prejudice quickly spread, and generally a mindset came to be that in Germany, Hitler was to blame for war and destruction, while in the Pacific, an entire population and race was blamed for military actions and