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    The Fundamental Arguments For Moral Judgement In Historiography: A Philosophical Analysis
    (2020-11)
    Rahim,Mohammad Umair Abd
    Moral judgement is one of many practice or method of historians in writing history. A philosophical attitude in perceiving the practice of moral judgement in historiography is by questioning the validity of this practice in historical method; whether it should be adopted by historians or not. In light of this, historians since the Early Modern Age have laid down arguments challenging the intellectual foundation of the practice of moral judgement in historiography. Departing from the previous era of Western historiography, the Rankean method which disavowed moral judgement in historiography had become the mainstream historical method. Notwithstanding, not few historians have stood up to defend the practice of moral judgement in historiography with intellectual arguments and justifications. Thus, the discourse on this issue have caused many historians and students of history to face a moral dilemma which is “should historians pass moral judgement in historiography”. Therefore, the primary aim of this thesis is to analyze philosophically the fundamental arguments for moral judgement in historiography. In order to arrive at an objective conclusion, the main arguments against moral judgement in historiography will be explained as well. This thesis finds three fundamental arguments capable of answering the main arguments of those who reject moral judgement in historiography. Firstly is the argument from objective moral truth. Secondly, moral judgement in historiography should be made because it fulfills the ultimate purpose of history.