WAS THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI JUSTIFIED? A bomb which was equal to 13‚000 tonnes of highly-explosive bombs‚ used to make the Japanese surrender‚ but also killing many lives‚ cannot be justified. When the highly-explosive bombs were dropped in Dresden‚ everyone had thought of this as very affective. But imagine how bad the atomic bomb would be‚ which could destroy a city only just by its radiation‚ let alone the actual explosion. President Truman of America made a decision of
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Sara Ryan PHIL 150-03 First Response Paper February 20‚ 2012 Was the Death of Socrates Justified? The life and death of Socrates is a topic that can spark great debates. Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who was put on trial for two specific reasons. In the Apology‚ we learn that the people of Athens claimed that Socrates did not believe in the gods of their city‚ but in other spiritual things. This was thought to be impious. They also believed that Socrates was corrupting the
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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 were sentenced to 100
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VI. Bacon’s Rebellion A. Berkeley’s fears of the freedmen were justified. B. In 1676‚ sparked not by a Dutch invasion but by an Indian attack‚ rebellion swept Virginia. C. It began almost as Berkeley had predicted‚ when a group of volunteer Indian fighters turned from a fruitless expedition against the Indians to attack their rulers. D. Bacon’s Rebellion was the largest popular rising in the colonies before the American Revolution. Sooner or later nearly everyone in Virginia got in on it‚ but it
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I think that it is justified. One reason I think it is justified is that it saved Japanese and American lives. It saved Japanese lives because it shortened the war which would of killed more than 18‚000 soldiers. Millions of Japanese soldiers would have been killed if they had more battles. Also that was the most number of soldiers that had died in one battle‚ 6‚800‚ of The battle of Iwo Jima. The US then got worried about the soldiers so President Truman decided that he had no other choice than
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one’s life for a serious crime that they committed. The death penalty serves both as a good consequence and as a deterrent or prevention for future crimes. Capital Punishment addresses crimes that simply cannot be repaid‚ or compensated for. If one were to rob a store the thief can payback the amount that was stolen‚ in fact‚ under biblical law from the bible the criminal would then be tasked to work for the person he or she robbed from until the debt itself was repaid several times over the amount
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Is there a Divine Creator? That has been the question debated by Mankind since the beginning of time. As Christians‚ we know that God has made everything with His mighty hands. In the 19th century‚ a theory was proposed by Charles Darwin that would change the outlook on life forever. Darwin proposed that there was no Creator at all. Perhaps we have “evolved” into the creatures we are today from a common ancestor. This topic is very important because the view of our origins can shape a whole societies’
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morally justified‚ yet today it is a hotly debated topic‚ thought to be excessive or unnecessary. However‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs‚ while an atrocious act‚ was in fact the lesser of two evils. The alternative was to prolong one of the bloodiest conflicts in global history and allow for the slaughter of many more people. There were strategic reasons that made the bomb necessary. One of the main points in support of the decision to use the atomic bombs is that it saved American lives which
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medal signifying peace. Turns out that wasn’t the case japan actually backstabbed the U.S and on the morning of December 7th‚ 1941 the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor destroying nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes. About 2‚403 sailors‚ soldiers and civilians were killed and about 1‚000 people were wounded. After that the U.S could no longer trust Japan for many reasons they decided to fight back with
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Was Appeasement a ‘Mistake’? H/W 07.03.13 There are many arguments for and against appeasement before WW2. Appeasement was a policy between Britain‚ France and Germany. The policy meant that the allies would give Germany what they wanted as long as they didn’t start a war or cause trouble. The Dictionary definition of appeasement is: (Government‚ Politics & Diplomacy) the policy of acceding to the demands of a potentially hostile nation in the hope of maintaining peace. Many people now
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