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Thisarticleholdsthattherealproblemwithhistoricalsubjectivityisnotthattheintroductionofethicalandpo liticalstandardscanonlyoccasionagrossdistortionofwhatthepasthasactuallybeenlike .Therealproblemispreciselythere verse :historicalrealityandthehistorian’sethicalandpoliticalvaluesmayoftencomesoextremelyclosetoeachotherastobe virtuallyindistinguishable .Theauthorpointsoutthatethicalandpoliticalstandards,becauseoftheirnaturalaffinitywiththe historian’ssubject -matter ,mayoftenprovetobeahelpratherthananobstacletoabetterunderstandingofthepast.Fur thermore ,wemaysafelyassigntohistorythemostimportantandresponsibletaskoftellingapartrecommendablefromobjec tionablemoralandpoliticalvalues .Anditisthetaskthathistorycanonlyadequatelyperform .
Thisarticleholdsthattherealproblemwithhistoricalsubjectivityisnotthattheintroductionofethicalandpo liticalstandardscanonlyoccasionagrossdistortionofwhatthepasthasactuallybeenlike .Therealproblemispreciselythere verse: historicalrealityandthehistorian’sethicalandpoliticalvaluesmayoftencomesoextremelyclosetoeachotherastobe virtuallyindistinguishable .Theauthorpointsoutthatethicalandpoliticalstandards, becauseoftheirnaturalaffinitywiththe historian’ssubject -matter, mayoftenprovetobeahelpratherthananobstacletoabetterunderstandingofthepast.Fur thermore, wemaysafelyassigntohistorythemostimportantandresponsibletaskoftellingapartrecommendablefromobjec tionablemoralandpoliticalvalues .Anditisthetaskthathistorycanonlyadequatelyperform.