The President Of The United States - 1365 Words

The President of the United States has a very important, and no doubt, stressful job. Yet not a king, the President carries multiple job titles which include, but not limited to: chief of state, chief executive, chief legislator, and commander in chief. Harry Truman (33rd U.S. President), displayed to the whole world his role as commander in chief, when he made the decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan, in April of the year 1945. President Truman’s actions and reasons for the bombings showed that he used a utilitarianism view, as the bases of his decision. Teleological ethics (also called consequentialism), is the belief that what is considered right or wrong are determined by the outcome of a decision. Utilitarianism is one†¦show more content†¦Near the end of the year 1941, the Japanese navy made a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. This attack claimed many American lives, which caused President Roosevelt and Congress to claim wa r against Japan, making the U.S. enter into the Second World War. President Roosevelt was in office during most of the war, and was re-elected into office in 1944. He dropped his former Vice-President, and chose Harry Truman, a U.S. Senator, to be his Vice-President. Unfortunately, Roosevelt’s health was declining fast, and only a few months after being sworn into office, he passed away. Harry Truman was sworn into office on April 12, 1945. He was left with great important decisions to be made for America, including how to end the war with Japan. And on August 6, 1945 the first ever atomic bomb (Little Boy), a bomb that continuously splits atoms creating a chain of energy, was dropped on Hiroshima, killing over a hundred-thousand Japanese civilians. Another atomic bomb (Fat Man) was dropped on August 9, 1945, over Nagasaki, killing tens of thousands of people. This lead to Japan’s surrender to the U.S., which ended the war. There is an on-going criticism among historians, and the public against President Truman’s decision. Perhaps the most popular claim today is that the bombings were completely unnecessary. Military analysts are among those that believe that Japan was trying to surrender, and that Truman bombed them anyways. Adding to