Hiroshima

__** Hiroshima **__ What is human life worth?
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What is war?

At the end of his 1944 play //No Exit//, one of Jean Paul Sartre's characters famously exclaims: "Hell is other people." What does this comment mean?
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In war, who has the power to choose whether people live or die?

How have nuclear weapons impacted society?
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What is survivor guilt?

//**Interview with a survivor of the "Enola Gay" crew, Theodore Van Kirk.**// @http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,368433,00.html

Are people responsible for actions that they are ordered to carry out?
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Kirk states, "I'm not proud of all the deaths it caused, and nobody is. But how do you win a war without killing people?" What do you think about this comment?

What were the United State's reasons for the use of the atomic bomb on Japan?
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What were the effects of the use of the atomic bomb?

How do you think Mr. Kirk felt about the choice to use the bomb directly after the explosion?
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Mr. Kirk revisited Japan after the use of the atomic bombs. Do you think you would have been able to do the same after having been a member of the crew that was connected to the devastation?