this event‚ arguments have transpired as to whether this action was ethical‚ and whether it was really necessary to end World War II quickly. However‚ due to the wartime situation and Japan’s extreme cruelty‚ the United States were predominantly justified in their decision to drop the atomic bombs. Dropping the atomic bombs in Japan was a strategic method to finish the Second World War‚ and to avenge the Japanese with minimal casualties. Since Japan acted brutally toward the Allies‚ it was absolutely
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controversial topics around the world. There are many people that strongly oppose the idea of reinstating of the death penalty while at the same time there are countless other people that support it. The main question is: Can the death penalty be justified? Although the side against the capital punishment has a strong argument against it‚ the opposing side also has legitimate reasons for favouring it. One very common argument that people bring up‚ is that enforcing the death penalty could lead to
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Customize Your Death: Why Some Forms of Euthanasia may be Ethically Justified Out of the study of religion‚ science and philosophy arise questions like‚ “who owns our lives?” or more strikingly‚ “can we and should we be allowed to take our own lives?” At first thought‚ suicide springs to mind‚ and the scenes of despair‚ depression and distress follow. Then‚ one might ask why voluntary death is associated with gloom when it may not necessarily be true. Indeed‚ to some people it is quite the opposite;
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Colonists sought independence from British government for a multitude of reasons. Tension quickly rose between England and the thirteen colonies due to the unjust taxing without fair representation in Parliament‚ the colonist’s rights to assemble were taken away by the British‚ and there were many unreasonable Acts and laws put into place in attempt to have complete control over the colonists as well as intimidate them. For these reasons and the suffering that the colonists endured at the hands of
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Despite the simplistic fact that King Charles I was the legally lawful leader of England‚ Parliament was more than justified in executing Charles I due to the divergent and passionate views of law and life between the people and the king in politics‚ society‚ and religion. Parliament never desired a position where they could control England with full-fledged power. They simply wanted enough limitations on the king’s power that would guarantee the people certain rights that the king
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The United States’ decision to bomb two cities of Japan‚ which we’re Nagasaki and Hiroshima‚ was not at all justified. Many people know that Japan deliberately attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941‚ in order to strategically weaken the American Naval Base. However‚ the United States’ decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to push Japan to surrender the war . The bombing was unjustified because the U.S. military: targeted heavily populated civilian cities‚ deliberately
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Adolf Hitler: Killing the Jews A global war occurred during 1939 to 1945‚ which resulted in the deaths of millions of people. When Adolf Hitler became the dictator of Germany in 1933‚ a genocide of Jews occurred under his control (Key). During World War II (WWII)‚ the Jews‚ homosexuals‚ and undesirable people were fenced into concentration camps (Key). In these camps‚ they were treated horribly and many were killed by the German police‚ Schutzstaffel (SS). The Germans were influenced by Hitler’s
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Was the american revolution justified? What events caused to lead up to the revolution? Yes the american revolution was justified.When any form of government becomes destructive of the unalienable rights it’s the people’s right to alter or abolish it. These eventually came into mention due to taxes the british government put on colonists and their reactions to it‚ Which the government had to add acts but that didn’t stop the colonists. Taxes‚ Money that paid for it’s war debts in the 1760’s‚ the
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had borne as I best could‚ but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge." (391) for some unexplained injustice. Montresor wants revenge for Forunato ’s wrongdoing‚ but he does not want to be punished for what he will do to Fortunato. Montresor ’s desire causes him to thoroughly plan for his former friend ’s murder‚ but he is sensible and desires that his deeds will not damage him or his reputation. This is mainly because Montresor believes he is fully justified in killing Fortunato for his insults
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The Founding Fathers were justified in their actions of starting the American Revolutionary War against Britain. The Founding Fathers started the American Revolutionary War because of the excessive taxation‚ lack of parliamentary representation‚ and forced participation in the French and Indian War by Britain. The colonists attempted to work with Britain by boycotting and lobbying for representation but their attempts were dismissed by Britain. Britain simply continued to treat the colonies as
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