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We don't have a resolved way to determine whether it's fair to judge historical progress by how much suffering was required to achieve it.

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Many significant social advances were achieved only after considerable struggle and suffering, raising the unresolved question of whether that cost taints or is separate from the value of the progress itself. This tension shapes how societies remember pivotal historical movements.

whether historical progress suffering resolved philosophy-ethics

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Citation ID: WS01145 Title: We don't have a resolved way to determine whether it's fair to judge historical progress by how much suffering was required to achieve it. URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=1145