Dr. Richard Paul briefly defines and discusses the Intellectual Traits and the importance of fostering their development in students. Excerpted from the Spring 2008 Workshop on Teaching for Intellectual Engagement.
But your beliefs manage the way you live your life and the decisions you make. Critical thinking will definitely enable you to learn more about life and more about your spirit and how to make good choices, who would argue against that?
@11Tigeress11 So let me get this straight. If you see a man attacking a child with a knife, or if you see someone dump garbage into a lake, or if you see someone raping a woman, you aren't allowed to judge them, because everything you judge is actually within yourself? Then why should we teach morality at all? If we aren't allowed to judge, why should we teach that it's wrong to hurt others, when by your own logic, those others are not allowed to complain about being hurt?
@mysticlv1 That you consider liberalism "useless" is an example of a failure of humility on your part. You don't explain how you came to the conclusion that it's useless; your thought process seems to be, "I don't agree with liberals, THEREFORE, I think they're stupid." You don't see me treating conservatives that way. I've switched my position on gun control after listening to a conservative point of view, for example.
