Is The Right Or Wrong?

Starting in the early 1930’s, the Japanese began to display their great imperialistic dreams with ambition and aggression. Their goal was to create a "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere" where they controlled a vast empire in the western Pacific.1 In September of 1939, Japan signed the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis Treaty, allying themselves with Germany and Italy in an effort to safeguard their interests in China from the Soviet Union. Japan’s only major obstacle left lay in the significant size of the United States Pacific Fleet. To rid themselves of this, Japan attacked the United States Pacific Fleet in hopes of crippling it enough to prevent any further hindrance from the

During WWI, increased Japanese exports to western countries gave Japan a great success both politically and economically; suddenly, when the Great Depression stated, the trading with other country failed and Japanese suffered for a long time. And after the death of Crown Prince Yoshihito, his son Hirohito —Emperor Showa (1901-1989) –became the 124th Emperor of Japan according. He gradually turned his country toward ultranationalism and militarism. During WWII, Japan allied with Nazi Germany and attacked nearly all of its Asian neighbors, also launched a surprise assault on the Pearl Harbor to express his sovereignty. Although Hirohito later portrayed himself as a powerless constitutional monarch, many

In the film, Do the Right Thing, director Spike Lee presents the audience with the theme of racism. The title represents the everyday choices that we as Americans of various ethnicities, cultures, and race. Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing allows the viewers to decide for themselves the right thing to do about racism. Everyone has the choice to be accepting of cultures, or people different from them. The film portrays how an Italian American named Sal has a neighborhood pizzeria in Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York. The neighborhood is primarily African American, but there is a diverse amount of other cultures made up of, Hispanics, European Americans, also there is a store owned by Koreans. This film displays the discrimination between the races and how this can lead to violence.

Although Japan changed in many ways from 1853 to 1941, there were also many factors that remained the same throughout the history of Japan. One such continuity was the maintained existence of a figurehead ruler controlled by other political authorities. The feudalistic emperor of Japan was the supposed “highest, most powerful authority” in the land, but was actually controlled by the military leaders- the shogun. Similarly, the militaristic emperor of Japan decades later continued to remain a figurehead ruler controlled by military and government officials. In addition, Japan continued to remain reliant on exports in order to maintain its economy. As a result of Japan’s small geographical size, the island nation had few natural resources and was forced to rely on exports to survive economically. The nation also grew increasingly reliant on other nations to provide materials and supplies that it could not provide for itself. This complete reliance on other nations was seen illustrated when the Japanese military was provoked to attacking another superpower- the United States, in response to the 1940 United States embargo

On August 9, Soviet forces entered into the Pacific theatre through a three-pronged invasion into Manchuria. Their entry into the war concerned the Japanese immensely because it further split Japan’s already thin troop numbers and caused fear that communist sympathizers in Japan would cause trouble on the home islands during the critical final act of the war. “The author has long made it a habit, when meeting with former members of the Imperial Army and Navy, to ask which had a greater impact at the time: the atomic bombs or the soviet entry into the war? The responses run about 50- 50, yet all agree that neither blow would have been sufficient: if they had not coincided, (Hata 2007).” The threats of communism were well acknowledged by the Japanese government as they had cracked down on supporters of communism and arrested hundreds of them during the war, (Hata 2007). However the timing of the Soviet entry was even more terrifying to the Japanese government because they believed if the government fell, communism might succeed in planting its roots in Japan before a new government could take its place. After the American occupation began, many Japanese politicians and royalists were quick to shed light on the political atmosphere regarding the Emperor and his political orientation. Baron Hiranuma Kiichiro was quick to

​Although Hirohito was initially seen as a powerful man, his inability to make rational and justified decisions for his people caused greater harm than good for World War II.

When people think of right and wrong, they don’t give much thought to that person’s perspective to what is actually right and wrong. Society follows one another, so when one think’s something so right, other dont make their descion for themselves to truly decide if it is right or wrong

With World War Two the most deadly war in history coming into it’s final year Japan was the sole Axis power still standing after Germany and Italy fell. The United States was on the offensive and started to push the Japanese back to their land after

The Emperor still performed as a head-leader for his country but he had no political power. Japan was ruled mainly by a succession of shoguns (highest ranking warriors). The Japanese believed that their Emperor was related to Gods, therefore the Emperor positions were usually passed on from father to son in the same blood line. However, the shogun’s family would become weak, and a rebel leader would seize power from them, then he will be named as the shogun and would start a new ruling family. The mythical story of ‘Jimmu’ shows a great example. Jimmu was the first Emperor of Japan as he was regarded as a direct descendant of the sun goddess, Amaterasu. She was one of the creators of Japan and is still the most important deity of the Shinto religion. This shows how Medieval Europe and Shogun Japan had several similarities between the two head-leaders, but not quite the

Hideki Tojo was the leader of japan and led them through most of the war. Tojo also ordered the bombing of pearl harbor which if he didn't Hitler might have won World War II and every body would be in trouble because he bombed us so we got into the war and won it so Hitler was defeated. Tojo was almost assassinated by Major Tsumoda Tomoshige because the Major plotted the plan to kill Tojo with a bomb filled with potassium cyanide. He survived because he resigned from prime minister in 1944.

Newsstands proclaim it. Talk shows trumpet it. Scandal, murder, and deception! People share a common disdain for these evils, scorning those who commit the dirty deeds. Laws are upheld to prevent people from doing “bad” things, but how do people come to an agreement on what is truly wrong? Even as society moves away from traditional teachings and perspectives, many acts are still universally looked down upon. Throughout history, the majority of civilizations have held surprisingly similar moral ideals regarding acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Although moral relativists believe that morality is individually determined, there is, in fact, an objective moral standard that governs all humanity, because a sense of right and wrong is universal, transcends time and culture, and is evident in the majority of people.

Gluck, Carol. Japan’s Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985), 73.>> The emperor, “as an embodiment of Japan’s sense of national identity, as a bridge linking traditional sources of legitimacy to the new state authority, as the father figure which justified his subjects’ self-discipline and sarifice [became] both a rallying point for his people and a means of concentrating authority behind the emerging national leadership; the emperor came to symbolize all the forces of self-control and enforced stability which combined to channel the prime energies of the Japanese toward meeting the foreign challenge and toward adopting essential social and economic reforms.” <<5

Many things can contribute to what you think is morally right or wrong. Religion, for example, may create a barrier on to what extent you do something. Some religions set rules, or guidelines on which they limit what people do. Cultures, as well, contribute to people’s decisions. Many times our values and ethics disagree with different people who hold different

I see right and wrong as a choice made by a person, let me say a boy for instance. He has a conscience and he knows what he is doing is very bad. He can deceive everybody, and make people think he is a good person, but deep inside of him he knows very well that what he is doing is not right. As the old saying ?what goes up must come down? there is an end to every thing, no matter how long it

Throughout history, the acceptance and willingness to commit violence in a society has been, and still is, a mystery to many people. Although there are personal choices involved when deciding if an action is right or wrong, violence in a society hinges on the ideology of authority. When an authority figure has an ideology that encourages violence a society will be more prone to accept brutality because of the importance of leadership. People generally are brought up to view authority as something that should be obeyed and respected, making it harder to distinguish what is right when obedience means violence. Moreover, the ideology of a leader, whether beneficial to people or harmful, slowly infiltrates the core beliefs of a society, creating a belief system that corresponds with the intentions of the leader. It is easy for a society to turn from what was acceptable at one point in their past to what the authority determines is right and acceptable because human beings are so susceptible to the influence of other 's opinions and beliefs. It is even less of a moral struggle when authority has already established allegiance in the hearts of people and there is a devotion to carry out the goal of a leader. When the motives of a strong leader involve carrying out acts of violence towards others, the followers are more inclined to accept violence as part of obedience to their leader because not only is there a disconnect from feeling responsible for an action, but also because