Was the Use of the Atomic Bomb Moral?

... Was the Use of the Atomic Bomb Moral? Time and time and again we have been told that the world has never gone through a nuclear war. The truth is, however, that the allies used nuclear weapons to end the Second World War. When looking back at the casualties, one cannot bare but to ask himself one question: Was it necessary to use the atomic bomb to win what many saw as a war that had already been won? Thousands upon thousands of casualties, many of whom were civilian, were the direct cause of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; would there have been more casualties had the allies fought the old fashioned way? Thus, the controversial question of morality still exists. Different views answer the question differently but it still comes down to one popular answer, the use of the atomic bomb was an immoral act. Science without ethics is probably

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