Was Hiroshima Wrong

War is something that has affected everyone since civilization started. War is between two or more groups of people, their leader usually sending out an army of a sort to attack the opponent. Whether it be internationally known countries, or a child playing with their action figures, war is violent. It causes destruction, tragedy, and loss. Hiroshima was one of the most catastrophic events that took place in history. No one knew what was happening or what to do, since this was the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. Some say that Hiroshima could have started the cold war. The ethics of war take their place here. People have asked about Hiroshima and the Just War Theory. They ask if Hiroshima was justified, or if it wasn’t and Americans
More than one-hundred and forty thousand innocent people were killed, due to the harsh actions of American nuclear scientists. Miss Toshinki Sasaki, Doctor Masakazu Fujii, Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura, Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge, Doctor Terufumi Sasaki, and The reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto were among the few survivors. Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura’s story has really stood out. She was a caring and resourceful person, she was also a very dedicated citizen to Hiroshima. As a tailor’s widow, three children were dependent on her to raise and provide for them. Mrs. Nakamura was the kind of person who was obedient, she did what she was told to do and did it when she was told it to be done. After the bomb dropped, she and her children didn’t endure any physical damage, but she and Myeko suffered radiation sickness for many of the following years. Mrs. Nakamura was the only person whose priority was taking care of a family out of the six. Although some of the males were married and have children, their families aren’t a major part of their stories. She was also the only one who suffered in poverty for many of the following years as an explicit outcome of the bomb. She had no option to ignore her children. They needed her to be there for them, to provide food and drink for them to survive, to make sure they were healthy even though they lived in poverty.
It consist of a body of ethical reflection on the justifiable use of force. This theory takes part in overcoming injustice, reducing acts of violence, clarifying when force may be used, restraining the resort to use force, and limiting damage done by war. The Just War Theory consists of seven sections: Just Cause, that force may only be used to correct a grave, public evil, Comparative Justice, where the rights on a side of a conflict must significantly outweigh the wrongs, Legitimate Authority, only duly constituted public authorities may use deadly force or wage war, Right Intention, force may only be used in a truly just cause, Probability of Success, arms may not be used in a cause where disproportionate measures are taken to achieve success, Proportionality, the good to be achieved must outweigh the overall destruction to be expected, and Last Resort, forced may not be used unless all other peaceful alternatives have been seriously tried and exhausted. Hiroshima was not a just case. Japan was already losing, they would have ended up surrendering before. The United States could have dropped it elsewhere, to try to scare them into surrendering when they saw the power of the bomb. The people of Hiroshima ended up with radiation sickness in the years following, they suffered in torture that the United States inflicted upon