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.

It was tragic, but was done to save lives and end the Second World War{ai:summary}Pacifists say deliberate killing is wrong, so dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 was wrong about two hundred thousand times over.That view complicates any celebration of Victory over Japan Day. #history

Nigel Biggar: Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a moral necessity

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