My issue with utilitarianism like that is that if you're not insanely careful you can run into situations like "would you kill one man to theoretically save millions more from cancer", and then end up committing atrocities.
If the US had accepted Japan's surrender then it woud have saved way more lives and nobody would've died.
My issue with utilitarianism like that is that if you're not insanely careful you can run into situations like "would you kill one man to theoretically save millions more from cancer", and then end up committing atrocities.
If the US had accepted Japan's surrender then it woud have saved way more lives and nobody would've died.
Plenty would have died. The emperor was not looking out for his people. He just wanted to stay as emperor. I think that though the offers were relatively reasonable, America truly believed that they didn't suffice. There were still millions of troops in japan. Also, USA probably didn't take into consider the radiation sickness that caused the most deaths. It is very posible that, if you take out the factor of radiation sickness, may have caused many less deaths on both sides. This all depends where you research though.
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I doubt it, and maybe the US should stay out of other countries.
Japan would have fought to the last man as they aways had. As long as other countries don't threaten our way of life, I'm perfectly fine with that, but sometimes action is necessary.
If the US had accepted Japan's surrender then it woud have saved way more lives and nobody would've died.
Plenty would have died. The emperor was not looking out for his people. He just wanted to stay as emperor. I think that though the offers were relatively reasonable, America truly believed that they didn't suffice. There were still millions of troops in japan. Also, USA probably didn't take into consider the radiation sickness that caused the most deaths. It is very posible that, if you take out the factor of radiation sickness, may have caused many less deaths on both sides. This all depends where you research though.
That's not true whatsoever. The Emperor was willing to sacrifice himself for his people -- his military staff were unwilling to allow it until he finally forced them to go through with an unconditional surrender.
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I doubt it, and maybe the US should stay out of other countries.
Japan would have fought to the last man as they aways had. As long as other countries don't threaten our way of life, I'm perfectly fine with that, but sometimes action is necessary.
Except for the part where they were surrendering and many Japanese citizens were doing horrible things to themselves to escape what they believed would be a brutal American occupation.
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I doubt it, and maybe the US should stay out of other countries.
Japan would have fought to the last man as they aways had. As long as other countries don't threaten our way of life, I'm perfectly fine with that, but sometimes action is necessary.
I can't think of a timr in history America had to really fight a war.
If the US had accepted Japan's surrender then it woud have saved way more lives and nobody would've died.
Plenty would have died. The emperor was not looking out for his people. He just wanted to stay as emperor. I think that though the offers were relatively reasonable, America truly believed that they didn't suffice. There were still millions of troops in japan. Also, USA probably didn't take into consider the radiation sickness that caused the most deaths. It is very posible that, if you take out the factor of radiation sickness, may have caused many less deaths on both sides. This all depends where you research though.
If the US would've accepted a conditional surrender from the Japanese there wouldn't have been any more fighting or deaths.
Plenty would have died. The emperor was not looking out for his people. He just wanted to stay as emperor. I think that though the offers were relatively reasonable, America truly believed that they didn't suffice. There were still millions of troops in japan. Also, USA probably didn't take into consider the radiation sickness that caused the most deaths. It is very posible that, if you take out the factor of radiation sickness, may have caused many less deaths on both sides. This all depends where you research though.
If the US would've accepted a conditional surrender from the Japanese there wouldn't have been any more fighting or deaths.
The US? Mercy? WHat madness is this
Old sci-fi is the best sci-fi! v this is not old sci-fi Maxim 3: An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody. Maxim 24: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a big gun.
"“Even by the twenty-second century, no way had yet been discovered of keeping elderly and conservative scientists from occupying crucial administrative positions. Indeed, it was doubted if the problem ever would be solved.” ^That, on the other hand, is old sci-fi.
*Is currently studying history so peeks in* Hullo! Anybody want to discuss America in the 1920s?
I cannot say I've studied '20s America deeply.
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