and Nagasaki in 1945? On the 6th of August 1945‚ the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima‚1ushering in the nuclear age. The bomb caused the deaths of over 100‚000 people‚2with the bulk of the destruction pertaining to innocent civilians. Three days later‚ the Americans repeated their action at Nagasaki. The aim of the US was not‚ however‚ to cause complete annihilation of the Japanese‚ but to seize the fierce nationalism within Japan‚ ending world war two. Arguably‚ this
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In Today’s Society‚ War can be Justified Philosophical Social Issues In today’s society‚ the possession and effective use of force is necessary. We have to recognize that we live in an imperfect world where evil seems to be an inevitablity. Our constant need for power makes the idea of a violent free world unimaginable. As long as we continue on this power hungry path the political issues will continue on this same path. Force is necessary with our current societal conditions and can be looked
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ the thirtieth President of the United States was assassinated on November 22‚ 1963. He was shot as his motorcade drove through Dallas‚ Texas‚ by Lee Harvey Oswald. Even though some people may believe that this killing was justified‚ the assassination of JFK is unjustified because there are many conspiracy theories and the police investigation was not thorough or documented correctly. First‚ there were many conspiracy theories. Many people believed that Lee Harvey Oswald had
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Is Medea Justified In Her Actions? Is the killing of anyone ever justified? Is the life of one individual more important than another? In Euripides‚ Medea‚ Medea kills the princess of Corinth‚ the king of Corinth‚ Creon‚ as well as her own children. Are her actions the actions of an insane‚ distraught person or those of wise‚ foreign‚ barbaric woman trying to protect her children? Through the story of Medea‚ Medea justifies the killing of others while several other characters portray the injustice
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the economy instead of pressuring them to do more for the colonists and farmers. My friends‚ the whole point of taxes was for the good of the colonists themselves. To not realize that and take a risky move and put their lives in danger wasn’t very justified; people even died in the rebellion. The taxes also weren’t like the British ones where they were paid to cover a debt and for luxuries for the King. The government did take action after the rebellion. It’s just that the they thought they made
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To What Extent is Civil Disobedience Justified in a Democracy? Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 4 What is Civil Disobedience? 5 Democracy 8 Conclusion 11 Bibliography 12 Abstract My interest in the topic of civil disobedience was sparked by a specific news article in which activists climbed Mount Rushmore to hang a poster demanding that the president of the United States‚ Barrack Obama‚ address issues of global warming. The activists
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When is Humanitarian Intervention Justified? “The regime is killing us‚ many of the opposition fighters are becoming criminals and the world is watching it like a film” (The Economist‚ 2013). This is a statement by a Syrian student whose sentiment has become common amongst Syrians. According to the UN‚ since March 18th 2011‚ the date that marked the beginning of the Syrian uprising‚ 70‚000 Syrians‚ mostly civilians‚ have died‚ but the death toll is likely to be considerably higher (ibid
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WWII was one of the most important wars fought in History. During the war many lives were lost and areas were destroyed. WWII was broken into two main areas‚ where fighting took place and these included the Pacific Theater and the European Theater. The European Theater came to an end when Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were defeated‚ but the Pacific Theater was still in progress. The Pacific Theater is generally forgotten when it comes to WWII‚ but in reality the war between the US and Japan was strenuous
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Many people today could argue their side and reasons on why they think the United States was justified in bombing Japan. But was Osama in Laden justified in orchestrating 9/11? No one in their right mind would support the killing of innocent civilians on 9/11 on the basis of the argument that Osama Bin Laden and his cohort wanted to end the war between radical Islam and the U.S. So why is it acceptable for the U.S. to have incinerated tens of thousands of civilian men‚ women‚ children and babies
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gave abolitionist a bad name. John brown is a terrorist who had no need to murder people or attack a federal facility. John Brown killed 15 people at Harpers Ferry which cannot be justified because most of the people were civilians. John Brown also killed people at Pottawattamie creek which can be justified because they were proslavery people that terrorized towns that wanted slavery to be abolished. That still could be considered terrorism because he brutally killed the people instead of
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