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Nigel Biggar: Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a moral necessity
Aug. 15, 2025
For pacifists, the answer is clear: since any deliberate killing is wrong, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 was wrong about two hundred thousand times over. Which rather complicates any celebration of Victory over Japan Day. But that clear answer generates further questions whose answers aren’t […]
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