When the Japanese had realized that they were the only ones left in the war, Germany their ally, was already beaten out of the war and all efforts were now concentrated at them, the Japanese began suing for a peaceful end to the war. ... It turns out that the unconditional surrender clause of the peace agreement was the major factor that hindered Japanese surrender at this point in the war. ... The hawks were in favor of continuing the war to the end, regardless of material damage to Japan. ... While being bombarded from the sky, a naval blockade strangled Japan's ability to import oil an...

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Furthermore, philosophers such as Socrates and Vonnegut have stressed that responsibility for one's actions is the first step toward understanding why things are the way they are (i.e. war, hunger, injustice, etc.) ... In the turbulent polytheistic society of Athens, no one action could please all of the gods, but more importantly, Socrates would advocate that it is ludicrous to act in a mechanical way merely to please beings which are at constant war with each other. ... He also recognizes the irony and hypocrisy of dissenters of slavery and the Mexican War being called unpatriotic an...

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