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In this latest episode of True North, Marc LiVecche continues a series of discussions on the morality of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 75 years ago. His guest is George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. The launch-point of their discussion is a recent column Weigel wrote for First Things. In it, he argues that while the Hiroshima bombing cannot be judged as morally right under just war rationale, it was, nevertheless, strategically right and saved countless lives. Because history is messier than abstract theory, Christians must be willing to engage in prudential judgments in order to help meet their moral responsibilities in a conflicted world in which, too often, no good moral choice is available. In engaging with arguments written against his position, Weigel helps clarify what robust, realistic, and deeply Christian political thinking looks like.