Evaluate the ethical and moral implications of dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Go to the Living Wage Calculator Website, located at http://livingwage.mit.edu/, and select two different states and locations to compare their living wage estimates and poverty wage levels. Be prepared to discuss.

Discussion 1

Moral and Ethical Policy Evaluation:

Evaluate the ethical and moral implications of at least two of the following public policy decisions:

• Dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• The coverage of abortions under  Affordable Health Care

• The use of torture in interrogating possible terrorists

• Handing out condoms in school systems

• Residence restrictions for sex offenders after release from prison

• A huge U.S. deficit and debt but  yearly $2.4B to Israel, $1.7B to Egypt and $798M to Pakistan (mostly all for weapons and internal security)