Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What makes a martyr?
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Dying for something you believe in makes a martyr

This position holds that what makes a martyr is sincere conviction: the death must be suffered for something the person actually believed, so that the belief rather than the outcome or the beneficiary is what the title records.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. A death the person did not accept for a belief is a tragedy rather than a martyrdom
  2. The test the title has always applied is whether the person could have escaped by recanting