but behind Russia’s back‚ the U.S. and Great Britain dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan infuriating Stalin. All of these events and more created a great divide between Russia‚ the U.S.‚ and Great Britain. After the U.S. president‚ Henry Truman passed‚ the Truman Doctrine‚ that stated that any
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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 using
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have the right to do and what is right”~ Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart (Lennon‚ 2008). The above quote illustrates how decisions made by a company or individual; although legal or the law can possibly violate ethical standards. Ethics as we remember‚ is the knowing the difference between right and wrong; and doing what is right. Whereas‚ being legal has to do with the following of legislative laws. Given‚ this information‚ this discussion will provide two examples of moral rights and moral
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the greatest of all sins. What about poverty‚ ignorance‚ hunger and weaponry?” Around two weeks ago‚ a friend of mine from UP Diliman sent me a link and told me to read it if I had spare time. It was an argumentative essay entitled “Abortion‚ Right and Wrong” by Rachel Richardson Smith. In the said article‚ the writer stated what she thought about the two sides – pro-abortion and pro-choice. She also provided arguments for the stand of both parties and in conclusion‚ Rachel Smith stated that she fully
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Caroline Seibold February 8‚ 2015 (4 more comments- I was absent Friday) Issue #4- The Soviet Union‚ not Japan‚ Was the Real Target of the Atomic Bomb February 1945 at the Yalta Conference of Allied Leaders‚ Roosevelt really wanted the Soviets to join in war because he thought if they attacked the Japanese it would lead to the end of the war and decrease the number of American casualties. In exchange for Soviet support‚ Roosevelt told Stalin they would be granted East Asia territory President
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Utilitarianism‚ yet another ethical theory between right or wrong. If everyone acted in an effort to promote the greatest good for the greater number of people our universe would exist with a utilitarian state of mind. Although‚ when one looks at this statement on the surface without further analyzing it‚ most would assume that existing in a universe where everyone seeks the happiness for the greatest amount of people that it would be greater one to live in. Although‚ surface wise we can make
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have dominated the Canadian economy since 1850. Several industries such as fur trading‚ fishing and lumbering are the dependent upon water transportation. Other industries such as wheat production‚ paper‚ and mining gained importance around the 1850’s. Around the first half of the 16th century these waters became of a greater importance as these coast were visited by the French and Portuguese. The second half of the century English fishermen established themselves through the development of dry fishery
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justified in dropping the atomic bomb on Japan? The dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan ended world war two. The decision to do so was solely that of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces‚ Harry S. Truman. As President Truman had to ask himself whether or not it was justifiable to use a weapon of untold destructive force. The answer would change the world. I. The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb A. How was the atomic bomb created? 1. The atomic bomb was created in the south
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her thoughts of anguish‚ depravity‚ and the confinement of the death of her brother‚ Andi struggles with drugs‚ thoughts of suicide‚ and unmended ties between her family‚ seeming to have disintegrated after the death of Truman‚ Andi’s younger brother. Due to the passing of Truman in the near recent time of two years ago‚ Andi has since superseded her emotional pain with unhealthy substances‚ such as drugs or alcohol. As the story first takes place in the modern day streets of New York‚
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11 Was it right to drop two atomic bombs? “If you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast”1‚ said President Harry Truman to justify the use of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But isn’t this the exact opposite of what is preached in the bible? “If someone slaps you on one cheek‚ offer the other also” (Luke 6:29)‚ it does not say that we should slap back to even the score. So was dropping the bombs the wrong decision‚ or was it the only way for Truman to end the war
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