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* motives are frequently behind agency, catalysts and triggers | * motives are frequently behind agency, catalysts and triggers | ||
* historical literacy is enhanced by understanding motives | * historical literacy is enhanced by understanding motives | ||
* a fundamental question to ask over any historical situaetion or decision is ''cui bono.'' | |||
** = ''who benefits?'' | |||
** the benefits can be of various kinds | |||
*** political | |||
*** monetary | |||
*** position | |||
** or it may be "altruistic" which means for the benefit of another | |||
==== Unintended consequence ==== | ==== Unintended consequence ==== | ||
* when an expected outcome yields additional, unexpected and/or unpredicted outcomes | * when an expected outcome yields additional, unexpected and/or unpredicted outcomes | ||