Ethics Case Study - Should Nuclear Weapons Be Used to End World War (Christian Perspective)
I. The Situation
The date is August 23, 2017, and the United States and China have been fighting the Third World War for seven years. All other countries of the world have polarized to either the Capitalistic side, or the Communist side. All of South America, Western Europe, Japan, Australia and Russia are on the side of the United States. Africa, the Middle East, India, and Asia (excluding Russia) are on the side of the Chinese. The United States and other supporting countries are called the Allies, and the Chinese and their supporters are known as the Eastern Powers. Each country has invaded the other country. The Allies have lost 700 million people, soldiers and civilian alike. The Eastern Powers have lost 1.1 billion people. More than a quarter of the world’s population has been killed. Neither side can come to an agreement on how to end the fighting. With no end in sight, many are predicting that 50% of the world’s population will be gone within the next two years, if the fighting stays the same or gets worse. Michael Richardson, a very strong evangelical Christian, is the President of the United States and has thought of a way that he could end the war and stop the mass amounts of killing in the Allied countries. His plan consists of using the nuclear bomb to wipe out the five major cities that all of the people living in the Eastern countries have fled to: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Saigon, and Calcutta, without a doubt, he could win the war this way. China at this time has no more nuclear weapons, as the Allied Powers have confiscated or deactivated all of them. However, by completely destroying five major world cities, President Richardson will be killing another 1 Billion people. But, if the war continues to escalate the way it has been, 2.4 billion more people are going to die within two years. Richardson belongs to the Democratic party, and he has support from his cabinet and the Senate. However, the House of Representatives are torn 50/50
The date is August 23, 2017, and the United States and China have been fighting the Third World War for seven years. All other countries of the world have polarized to either the Capitalistic side, or the Communist side. All of South America, Western Europe, Japan, Australia and Russia are on the side of the United States. Africa, the Middle East, India, and Asia (excluding Russia) are on the side of the Chinese. The United States and other supporting countries are called the Allies, and the Chinese and their supporters are known as the Eastern Powers. Each country has invaded the other country. The Allies have lost 700 million people, soldiers and civilian alike. The Eastern Powers have lost 1.1 billion people. More than a quarter of the world’s population has been killed. Neither side can come to an agreement on how to end the fighting. With no end in sight, many are predicting that 50% of the world’s population will be gone within the next two years, if the fighting stays the same or gets worse. Michael Richardson, a very strong evangelical Christian, is the President of the United States and has thought of a way that he could end the war and stop the mass amounts of killing in the Allied countries. His plan consists of using the nuclear bomb to wipe out the five major cities that all of the people living in the Eastern countries have fled to: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Saigon, and Calcutta, without a doubt, he could win the war this way. China at this time has no more nuclear weapons, as the Allied Powers have confiscated or deactivated all of them. However, by completely destroying five major world cities, President Richardson will be killing another 1 Billion people. But, if the war continues to escalate the way it has been, 2.4 billion more people are going to die within two years. Richardson belongs to the Democratic party, and he has support from his cabinet and the Senate. However, the House of Representatives are torn 50/50