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Oppenheimer Is Cross-Examined, Explained：moral scruples
At the security hearing, Oppenheimer is walked through his own decisions: yes, he helped pick the target; yes, he knew civilians would die. The prosecutor keeps pressing on whether he supported the bombing, and the answer stays narrow: "I did my job." He insists he was not in a policy-making position.
あらすじ
At the security hearing, Oppenheimer is cross-examined about the atomic bomb: whether he helped select the target, whether he knew civilians would be killed, and whether he had moral scruples. Then the question shifts to the hydrogen bomb. He answers that he did his job and was not in a policy-making position at Los Alamos.
注目の表現
working night and dayWhat do you meanit became clear to memoral scruples
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このシーンの表現
moral scruples
道德上的顾虑；良心上的不安
检察官追问奥本海默，明知有大量平民伤亡，参与其中时有没有道德上的不安。
She had no moral scruples about walking away from the deal.
このシーンの他の表現
- working night and day
夜以继日地干；不分昼夜地投入
- What do you mean
你这话是什么意思（要求对方解释用词）
- it became clear to me
我开始清楚地意识到
このシーンのメモ一覧
60 行のセリフに 38 件のメモ
In fact, Doctor, you assisted in selecting the target to drop the atomic bomb on Japan,tag question
Well, then you knew, did you not, that by dropping that atomic bomb on the target you selected,Oh. Well, how many were killed or injured?On the day of each bombing?And in the weeks and years that followed?Any moral scruples about that?liaison
Any moral scruples about that?-Technically successful. -Oh!And it is also alleged to have helped end the war.Would you have been in support of the dropping of a hydrogen bomb on Hiroshima?That would make no sense at all.This was not a problem with which I was confronted...relative clause
This was not a problem with which I was confronted...Well, I'm confronting you with it now, sir.It was all part of his plan.He wanted the glorious, insincere guilt of the self-important to wear like a fuckin' crown.He wanted the glorious, insincere guilt of the self-important to wear like a fuckin' crown.We set forth our arguments......our arguments against dropping it, but I did not endorse them.You mean after working night and day for three years building the bomb,liaison
You mean after working night and day for three years building the bomb,you then argued against the use of it?I was asked by the Secretary of War what the views of scientists were.-What do you mean "support"? -Didn't you?I did my job.I was not in a policy-making position at Los Alamos.I would have done anything I was asked to do.conditional
Well, then you would have built the H-bomb too,I didn't ask you that, Doctor!And the GAC report which you co-authored after the Soviet atomic test saidAnd wouldn't the Russians do anything to increase their strength?If we did it, they would have to do it.Our efforts would only fuel their efforts, just as it had with the atomic bomb....when did your strong moral convictions develop with respect to the hydrogen bomb?When it became clear to methat we would tend to use any weapon we had.elision
that we would tend to use any weapon we had.「Oppenheimer Is Cross-Examined」を読み解く
What's really going on
The hearing turns biography into a trap. Every answer Oppenheimer gives about the past is used to build a case about his present judgment: he helped choose the target, he knew civilians would die, so why did his conscience arrive so late? His defense is procedural rather than moral. "I did my job," he says, and "I was not in a policy-making position at Los Alamos," which lets him separate the scientist from the state that used the weapon. The most revealing exchange is about escalation: "Our efforts would only fuel their efforts, just as it had with the atomic bomb." The prosecutor seizes on the phrase, and the trap closes — the man who built the first bomb has explained exactly why the second one will be built, and is asked when his convictions finally showed up.
Theme
DutyOppenheimer separates doing his job from making policy, a line the hearing refuses to accept.
PowerThe state turns a scientist's past work into evidence against his present judgment.
発音のポイント
- moral scruples about — liaison
- night and day — liaison
- tend to use — elision
I would have done anything I was asked to do.A statement of obedience that the prosecutor will immediately turn against him.
If we did it, they would have to do it.The logic of a nuclear arms race stated plainly, as a warning.
Our efforts would only fuel their efforts, just as it had with the atomic bomb.The escalation argument, offered as proof that building the Super cannot be contained.
Well, I'm confronting you with it now, sir.The prosecutor insisting on a direct answer instead of a discussion of policy.
このシーンについての質問
What is the hearing trying to prove?
That Oppenheimer supported using the bomb and is now inconsistent or dishonest. The questions move from his role in choosing the target to his later moral objections.
Why does Oppenheimer say he only did his job?
He argues he was not in a policy-making position at Los Alamos, so his role was to carry out the work rather than decide how the weapon would be used.
What does he say about the arms race?
He says if they build the bomb, the Russians will have to do the same, and that their efforts would only fuel the other side's, just as happened with the atomic bomb.
When did his moral convictions develop?
He says they became clear to him when he realized that people tend to use any weapon they have, which is why he came to oppose the hydrogen bomb.
What does the prosecutor do with his answer?
He seizes on the phrase about fueling the other side's efforts, using it to show that Oppenheimer predicted the arms race and yet still helped start it.
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第 1 章leaves a little to be desiredBohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
第 2 章the man for the jobStrauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
第 3 章seek outRabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train
第 4 章a vicious cycleOppenheimer Starts His Quantum Seminar
第 5 章wiggle roomPolitical Debate at a Party
第 6 章wring your neckOppenheimer Names Los Alamos
第 7 章from moneyOppenheimer Explains Empty Space
第 8 章herd intoLawrence Shuts Down the Union
第 9 章point takenGroves Offers Oppenheimer the Job
第 10 章a point of no returnOppenheimer Asks Einstein About Doomsday
第 11 章pass onChevalier Suggests Passing Secrets
第 12 章the business at handTeller Pitches the H-Bomb
第 13 章Thanks for nothingCondon Quits Los Alamos
第 14 章drop in and outOppenheimer's Last Night With Jean
第 15 章a cock-and-bull storyOppenheimer's Cock-and-Bull Story
第 16 章took a wrong turnBohr Warns of the Aftermath
第 17 章go down this roadThe GAC Debates the H-Bomb
第 18 章a lot of latitudeThe Target Committee Debates the Bomb
第 19 章gallows humorWaiting Out the Storm at Trinity
第 20 章blood on my handsOppenheimer Meets President Truman
第 21 章A man of convictionThe Fuchs Spy Case Comes Up
第 22 章curse the name ofOppenheimer Refuses the Super Bomb
第 23 章how the game is playedPlanning Oppenheimer's Downfall
第 24 章MermaidsRabi Defends Oppenheimer
第 25 章cuts both waysBorden Reads the Accusation Letter
第 26 章made mincemeat out ofHill Blames Strauss at the Hearing
第 27 章Haven't the slightest ideaKitty Testifies Before the Board
再生中 · 第 28 章moral scruplesOppenheimer Is Cross-Examinedこの作品の 28 章はここまでです