Friday, October 23, 2009
Chapter 12 - Question #2
Let me analyze these one at a time. First, the Rationality premise. We are taught to take tests by eliminating the obvious wrong choices. This is teaching us how to live life. We see 4 possible outcomes in situations and we go through each of them and choose the best “answer.” This one I believe in. Next, the perfectibility premise is tricky. It is hard to say that a baby is sinful. They do not see color of your skin, nationality, gender, etc. I feel that everyone is born pure. It is the choices that are made that turn one toward sin and a life away from perfection. Lastly, mutability premise states that our surroundings and the environment shape us. Is it not true that we are a technology driven society? It was just yesterday that Internet at SJSU was unable to connect. The department that I am in, Journalism & Mass Communications, was in pandemonium. Enough so, that class was cancelled because our project was unable to be worked on. We rely on the Internet so much that people do not know what to do when in it not available.
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I have to respectfully disagree with the notion that the rationality premise is flawed. We like to believe in the fact that we as humans when we make a decision we try to use logic. But I am not gullible. We use feelings and emotions when we make a decision. Let’s say for example when we have a fight with our significant other. In a rage we make a decision to break up with that person. In a fight we aren’t thinking rational. We are running on emotion, not thinking about the long term consequences of our actions. So I have to respectfully disagree with your assessment.
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