Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking and Society Exercise

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PHL/458

05/08/2013

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Critical Thinking and Society Exercise

A situation, in which critical and creative thought could have been used for a better outcome, is with the gun control laws trying to be passed in Congress. One of the sparks for gun control, have been the widely publicized mass shootings. It seems that the critical thinking was used as an agenda to disarm the American population rather than address the problem as how to deter and stop the next possible attacker. One thing to say in a situation where a man walks into a building with a gun shooting everyone in sight is to say take all the guns away from the law-abiding public and this cannot happen. However, that is not thinking critically or creatively, that is causing further an increased population of victims. Now only the criminals have guns to victimize, leaving the law-abiding citizens helpless to their attacks.

A better outcome would put persons or deterrents in high value sensitive areas that would stop mass shootings and make the citizens better capable to defend themselves from predators.

Free will – Freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention (www.merriam-webster.com). Free will in your choice in any given situation that you encounter. Your upbringing, religious beliefs, etc. will affect your choices and how you react to things. Your that is your choice, your “free will”.

Truth – the state of being the case: Fact(2): the body of real things, events, and facts: ACTUALITY (3) often capitalized: a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality. Truth is the same no matter which aspect you look at it from.

Knowledge – the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association (2): acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique. (www.merriam-webster.com). Knowledge can be passed on to you from someone who has...