Speaking truth to power

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The intellectual has to work out how to speak the truth with objectivity to project a better state of affairs which corresponds more closely to a set of moral principles: peace, reconciliation and abatement of suffering. US historian Robert Novick showed competing claims for objectivity. The 19th century French intellectual Albert de Tocqueville wrote about democratic freedoms which he did not apply to national practices. Intellectuals have to bring ideas of equality and harmony for all to actual situations in international relations, such as the Gulf war.

Ethical aspects, Intellectuals, International relations, Speeches, lectures and essays, Transcript, Reith, Edward

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Sound and fury which ignores historical truth

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The Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has accused the UK of deserting Australia during World War II. Keating also accuses the UK of failing to defend Malaysia and refusing to send Australian troops back home. Over 80,000 UK soldiers died after Singapore was captured by the Japanese compared to 14,000 Australians. The UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the 2 Australian divisions back home following the Australian Prime Mininster John Curtin's request in Jun 1942.

Criticism and interpretation, World War II, 1939-1945

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