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intrinsically valuable
intrinsically valuable
- truth has an intrinsic value (Support:
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Title: Historical knowledge should never be intentionally distorted in society
- Because: Intrinsically valuable
harmful to later generations
harmful to later generations
- transmission of distorted historical knowledge renders later generations of a nation unable to know their real historical genesis and identity (Support: +80.65%)
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Title: Historical knowledge should never be intentionally distorted in society
- Because: Harmful to later generations
wrong lessons of history
if history is distorted it prevents people from learning the lessons of history, or distorts those lessons (Support: +80.65%):
- Cause: history should be what it is originally to... Details...
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regression of civilization
to deny or distort certain historical truth is a regression of human civilization (Support: +80.65%):
- tyrannical Details...
- refuse to learn from the past Details...
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tyrannical
to convey distorted historical knowledge in the society is a tyrannical practice (Support: +80.65%):
- right to know the past Details...
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right to know the past
right to know the past
- everyone, as a rational being, has the right to know the real face of the past instead of being indoctrinated any false belief (Support: +80.65%)
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Title: Historical knowledge should never be intentionally distorted in society
- Because: Regression of civilization
- Because: Tyrannical
- Because: Right to know the past
refuse to learn from the past
refuse to learn from the past
- to deny or distort certain historical truth means that the nation does not have the courage to face certain past and refuse to learn from it (Support: +80.65%)
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Title: Historical knowledge should never be intentionally distorted in society
- Because: Regression of civilization
- Because: Refuse to learn from the past
disrespect to other cultures
disrespect to other cultures
- to deny or distort certain historical truth is a disrespect to other cultures and nations, e.g. massacre, invasion (Support: +80.65%)
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Title: Historical knowledge should never be intentionally distorted in society
- Because: Disrespect to other cultures
purposes of studying history
history is often studied for a purpose, and the purpose may be more important than historical accuracy (Support: 
+8.68%):
- taught to different people for different purposes Details...
- patriotism avoid guilt & blame Details...
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taught to different people for different purposes
history may be taught to different people for different purposes (Support: 
+73.8%):
- in primary schools for social identity Details...
- university history: critical thinking & research Details...
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in primary schools for social identity
in primary schools for social identity
- in primary schools, history may be taught to form historical consciousness and social identity (Support:
+80.65%) - Overview Previous Topic « »
Title: Historical knowledge should never be intentionally distorted in society
- But: Purposes of studying history
- Because: Taught to different people for different purposes
- Because: In primary schools for social identity
university history: critical thinking & research
university history: critical thinking & research
- at university history may be taught to improve critical thinking and research skills (Support: +64.52%)
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Title: Historical knowledge should never be intentionally distorted in society
- But: Purposes of studying history
- Because: Taught to different people for different purposes
- Because: University history: critical thinking & research
patriotism avoid guilt & blame
patriotism avoid guilt & blame
- history may be taught and studied to increase patriotism, and might be distorted to hide events that would cause guilt or blame (Support:
-56.45%) - Overview Previous Topic « »
Title: Historical knowledge should never be intentionally distorted in society
- But: Purposes of studying history
- Because: Patriotism avoid guilt & blame
no objective historical truth
there does not exist any objective, genuine historical knowledge (Support: 
-33.07%):
- history is perspectival Details...
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history is perspectival
historical knowledge is fundamentally perspectival in nature (Support: -33.07%):
- Because:
- interpretations of historians Details...
- Because: not entirely fictional Details...
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not entirely fictional
even it is acknowledged that the interpretations do play a role in its truthfulness, it doesn't mean that historical knowledge can be entirely fictional (Support: 
+50%):
- common conception of truth Details...
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common conception of truth
common conception of truth
- we do to a certain extent, share together a common conception of truthfulness about history (Support: +50%)
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Title: Historical knowledge should never be intentionally distorted in society
- But: No objective historical truth
- Because: History is perspectival
- But: Not entirely fictional
- Because: Common conception of truth
interpretations of historians
interpretations of historians
- whether a event is relevant to the bigger picture, different events are casually connected or not, are all subjected to the interpretation of the historians (Support:
-16.13%) - Overview Previous Topic « »
Title: Historical knowledge should never be intentionally distorted in society
- But: No objective historical truth
- Because: History is perspectival
- Because: Interpretations of historians
to make a better movie
to make a better movie
- historical movies frequently distort history in order to make a better movie, and movies are cultural artefacts and so part of society (Support: -56.45%)
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Title: Historical knowledge should never be intentionally distorted in society
- But: To make a better movie