Got Ethics?

Dropping the atomic bombs was unethical because it killed 200,000 innocent civilians and the health and land of Japans people has been scarred eternally.

These were some civilians that shouldn't have been targeted from the a-bomb.

Man severely disfigured by the atomic bombs.

The aftermath of the bomb had caused severe radiation still effecting the agricultural growth in that area today.

Headline shows how at the time being that they couldn't even count the total number of victims and severly injured. 

"Her mother was also soaked in what became known as 'Black Rain' - the radioactive rain that fell after both bombings. Mr Yamaguchi is convinced that it poisoned her and their children."

-Stated by the daughter of Mr. Yamaguchi

The health of many Japanese people were permanatly effected due to the radiation from the bomb

Here is a poem from the book Impact by Iwanami Shoten

A boy in my class was burned by the flash;
   The hair was gone from half his head,
   It was slick as glass.
A younger student in a lower grade
   Was called "tempura, tempura"by all;
   He covered his face with one hand
   As he ran down the hall.
Someday they'll grow up, and . . .
   I thought,
   What will it be like then?

This poem shows the physical impact the bomb had on the children in the surrounding area of the bomb, and how they were tormented by other kids for the physical distortions.

After the bombing of Hiroshima, a study had been reported on the physical effects experienced by the victims of the bombs.

Atomic Bomb bystander Francis Mitsuo Tomosawa was interviewed by Scholastic students

"What was it like living in Hiroshima after the bombing? How did you get food or water?"
"...All around us houses were burned or destroyed, and people were burned or suffering from the atomic bombing. We just had to make do with whatever was available. There was a black market, but without enough money, you couldn't buy the food... Even after the war, the rationing went on for a while..."

This passage describes the difficulties of the aftermath caused by the bombs in the respective cities.

"The lethal possibilities of atomic warfare in the future are frightening. My own feeling was that in being the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make war in that fashion, and wars cannot be won by destroying women and children."
 
- William Leahy, I Was There, pg. 441.

The aftermath of the bombings made people question the ethics of the United States. If we are willing to destroy innocent lives, what might the rest of the world be willing to do in the future?