Unit 731

I mean, it 's the search for knowledge, and more knowledge is better, right? How could the search for more knowledge be unethical? Who determines if it is or is not ethical? Is it the individual, or the society. What about the world stage? . We can again examine unit 731. Who decides if the actions that they take are ethical or unethical? This again goes back to the main issue within ethics; it 's complicated, and different for each individual. Each individual can decide if they find unit 731’s actions ethical or unethical, and they can react accordingly. There are, however, some short heuristics that can be used. If it harms humans in the process, it is generally found to be unethical. If it harms society, it is general found to be bad. The problem is that these do not hold true for all cases, and there are exceptions. What if the search for knowledge will harm some people in the process, but the knowledge gained will ultimately help many people? Is it ethical to harm a few people in order to help many? In general, we find that most people say no, even if this is not a response that seems particularly reasonable…

Sino-Japanese War and World War II by manufacturing a system of human experimentation performed in a remote location infamously known as Unit 731 (Byrd, 2005) (Mitchell, 2013). Known to the public as the “Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department of the Kwantung Army,” Unit 731 was erected in 1936 in a Japanese-controlled area known as Pingfang, Manchukuo. Nowadays, the former puppet-state forms a part of northeastern China (Mitchell, 2013). The facilities of Unit 731 itself covered…

affecting the results. They would then test the plague bombs by dropping them on Chinese cities and successfully started plague outbreaks. Prisoners were also taken to a test site called Anda and tied to stakes as doctors tested deathly sprays and plague infested fleas. It is estimated that over 200,000 Chinese prisoners and citizens died due to germ warfare field experiments. When doctors asked the police for Chinese citizens to practice live surgeries on, they would get one. This was done for…

Abstracts: This paper is to explain what a biological weapon is and how it affects environment, humans, and the economy. Along with explaining how the disease is spread from person to person, promoting illness. With a little bit of history on biological weapons, and my views on biological weapons. A biological weapon is also known as a germ weapon. This is when bacteria, viruses, fungi, or toxins can be used as a weapon against, animals, plants of humans. The use of infectious agents were used…

Japan’s famous medical Unit 731 performed different types of experiments, many that violated important protocols. Knowledge of their grotesque experiments was kept from the American public, while at the same time the government made unjustful deals to gather knowledge about biological weapons. The government’s main mission was to get this important information while keeping it a secret from other countries. Therefore, while Unit 731 was well known for its atrocities, the United States officials…

For the duration of World War II, many terrible events occurred. In Nazi Germany genocide was brought upon the Jews. In Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs wreaked havoc on Japan. All over the world thousands were losing their lives. One horrific piece of World War II was the Japanese biological warfare unit, known as Unit 731. Under the guise of a lumber business, this unit conducted many crimes against humanity, torturing and killing thousands of Chinese citizens and Prisoners of War. The…

During World War Two, like its ally the Germans, the Japanese were also performing immoral experiments to people. These experiments were started by a Japanese man named Shiro Ishii and they were performed at a site called Unit 731. Most of the experiments were on Chinese war prisoners. The experiments on this specific testing site were absolutely horrific. Many of the people who were experimented on were tricked to to enter the site through false promises of job offerings. When the people…

Covert bio warfare Unit 731 Was the research gathered by unit 731 enough to justify the pardoning of all its scientists? Sources This investigation focuses on the medical and scientific achievements made by unit 731, compared to the horrific actions taken to achieve them, and then compares them to the scientific unit of europe and how they were dealt with, more effectively or not. Upon investigating further into the unit I found some interesting information, first person account from…

The Japanese Imperial Army’s research facility, Unit 731, has been one of the best keep secret of the second world war. Just like the Nazi’s experiments on the captivates in the some of the concentration camps, the Japanese experimented on humans in many inhumane ways that went against all ethnical codes. Although Ishii did many individual experiments on humans, Unit 731’s primary use was to create biological weapons to use in war and to eventually use them to defeat the United States. This…

The articles this week reflects how we are truly surrounded by evil. I read in disbelief as I learned how so many incent people were neglected, tormented, and killed for research. The article about Unit 731 was very disturbing. I was repulsed as I read about the prisoners being placed in chambers to test how much pressure they could handle until there eyes popped out. I don’t understand how anyone could justify this type of cruelty. It was just as heartbreaking to know that those who were…