<Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the plane crew were silent . Captain Lewis uttered six words, "My God, what have we done?" Three days later another one fell on Nagasaki . About 152,000 were killed, many times more were wounded and burned, to die later . The next day Japan sued for peace . When deciding whether to use "the most terrible weapon ever known" the US President appointed an Interim Committee made up of distinguished and responsible people in the government . Most but not all of its military advisors favoured using it . Top - level scientists said they could find no acceptable alternative to using it, but they were opposed by equally able scientists . After lengthy discussions, the committee decided that the lives saved by ending the war swiftly by using this weapon outweighed the lives destroyed by using it and thought that the best course of action . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> I was reading "Biblical Faith and Social Ethics", Clinton Gardner's book on a shuttle plane to New York . Next to me sat a young woman of about twenty - eight or so, attractive and well turned out in expensive clothes of good taste . She showed some interest in my book, and I asked if she'd like to look at it . "No", she said, "I'd rather talk ." What about? "Me ." I knew this meant good - bye to the reading . "I have a problem I'm confused about . You might help me to decide," she explained...There was a war going on that her government believed could be stopped by some clever use of espionage and blackmail . However, this meant she had to seduce and sleep with an enemy spy in order to lure him into blackmail . Now this went against her morals, but if it brought the war to an end, saving thousands of lives, would it be worth breaking those standards? </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> I was reading "Biblical Faith and Social Ethics", Clinton Gardner's book on a shuttle plane to New York . Next to me sat a young woman of about twenty - eight or so, attractive and well turned out in expensive clothes of good taste . She showed some interest in my book, and I asked if she'd like to look at it . "No", she said, "I'd rather talk ." What about? "Me ." I knew this meant good - bye to the reading . "I have a problem I'm confused about . You might help me to decide," she explained...There was a war going on that her government believed could be stopped by some clever use of espionage and blackmail . However, this meant she had to seduce and sleep with an enemy spy in order to lure him into blackmail . Now this went against her morals, but if it brought the war to an end, saving thousands of lives, would it be worth breaking those standards? </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> These situations were criticised as being extreme . Joseph Fletcher agreed that they were, as general guidelines should apply in normal cases, with exceptions for extreme cases . </P>

When do you feel that it is justified for you to go against accepted principles or policy