Oppenheimer's Moral Dilemma

How culpable is Oppenheimer for the usage of the Atomic Bomb? Would it have been distasteful of the film to have shown footage of its detonation?

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Chapters:
0:00 Culpability
5:48 Against Empathy
7:54 Alternatives
9:42 Exploitation
14:21 Working Together

Films, television shows, and other media mentioned:
Oppenheimer, Blonde, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Twin Peaks: The Return, Arrival, The Pianist, Spiderman 2, Schindler’s List, 12 Years A Slave, Come and See, Baraka, Saving Private Ryan, Hacksaw Ridge, Watchmen, The Wolverine, All Quiet On The Western Front, Ted Bundy, Ex Machina, Detroit: Become Human, Jung_E, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Sam Harris Podcast Ep. 14 With Paul Bloom

Wolfenstein: The New Order E3 Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJErwqI-2A

Make A Wish Kid Disney Vacation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CUo-klyT_4

Malaria Kid Footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ste2gIgLsNg

Links to info about make a wish and malaria:
https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2018/12/11/make-a-wish
https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities
https://rarest.org/general/common-make-a-wish-wishes
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-11-20/batkid-cost-san-francisco-105-000-says-paper

Links to research about Atomic bombs:
https://thebulletin.org/2020/08/counting-the-dead-at-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/
https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-1945/

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