Should history lessons include ethical judgments?

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Selected thesis

History lessons should include ethical judgments.

Pros

Cons

  • Pro claim 1

    History always requires some degree of judgment.

  • Pro claim 2

    Ethical judgments are important for learning from history.

  • Con claim 1

    Teachers should not give lessons on morality.

  • Con claim 2

    It is unfair to judge people from the past based on present-day ethics.