An essay on Oppenheimer's morals VS. the government on building the bomb for the government
Date Submitted: 12/09/2004 14:20:40
Category: / Science & Technology / Chemistry
Length: 2 pages (512 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Chemistry
Length: 2 pages (512 words)
Oppenheimer's Morals VS. The Government
Julius Robert Oppenheimer was made director of the Los Alamos laboratory and conducted the Manhattan Project. His team designed two bombs, one using uranium (called "Little Boy") and one using plutonium ("Fat Man"). By early 1945, nuclear plants around the nation (also working under the Manhattan Project) had produced enough nuclear material to being testing. On July 13, 1945, at a site called Trinity in New Mexico, a plutonium bomb was assembled and …
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…technology was to improve society and not to cause widespread destruction.
Oppenheimer's beliefs should have been regarded by the United States government. He was one of the top experts at his time in his field and his opinions were not considered seriously. The United States went against their own ideals of protecting human life when they dropped the nuclear bomb. For this and several other reasons, the government was wrong, while Oppenheimer's morals were correct.
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