Human Egocentricity and Critical Thinking - Part 5

[ChrisFedelleck]

I understand in this part how egocentricity is connected to critical thinking in a fundamental way but all the talk on how we should behave or what morals we should have is off track a bit. I rather learn how to be an efficient thinker and do my duty to others which is helping others with knowing the truth after I find it myself. I think her thinking is if you want to have better thinking you should have to adopt certain values or else your not thinking in a correct manner.

[TheD2D21]

I digress. I believe she is teaching a persuation technique without violating logic. That is namely, sympathy: With your audience (yourself, your contrary, a group).

If you learn how to address others without embarrassing, hurting or putting them on a defensive track, you're on your way on cultivating a more suitable environment for critical thinking, and hopefuly. this should be to your advantage.

[JaysThoughts]

@ChrisFedelleck Have you ever heard of Ayn Rand or Objectivism? Been reading about that. It's basically the proposition that an objective morality is not because someone else says so but is "good" because it's what works and what is optimally beneficial for yourself, not just a religious or social standard but a result of reality- eating broccoli, "good". Eating glass, "bad".