Gen 201 Critical Thinking And Ethics Research Paper
Critical Thinking and Ethics
Cassadie Rushing
GEN/201
November 3, 2014
Barbara League
Critical Thinking and Ethics
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."1 These are the wise words of the great philosopher, Aristotle, in relation to, of course, critical thinking skills. Critical thinking is “disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence”, according to Dictionary.com2. Another definition of critical thinking, according to The Association for Psychological Science3, is the propensity and skills to engage in activity with reflective skepticism focused on deciding what to believe or do. These two definitions are essentially defining the same word, …show more content…
4The first and most psychologically primitive step is recalling key terms, facts and events; or at least the ability to acknowledge this and store them into your memory. After your ability to recall the minor details, an understanding of these key terms, facts and events take you to the next level of critical thinking. This is the level of critical thinking where one would ask himself if he understand the material, and recite it back to someone in his own words. After understanding, the next step is application. The use of application takes an idea and utilizes it to produce a desired outcome. Beyond application is analysis, or the ability to break a concept down into parts for closer examination. Then is the evaluation of the critical thinking process; this is the step where we evaluate the validity or usefulness of the information presented to us. Finally, creativity tops the critical thinking process when we are able to develop something entirely new from the rest of the …show more content…
As a society, who was to ever have determined that the LGBT community was never equal to begin with? It was clearly a long time ago, because to most people now, treating them as unequal comes across as unethical. Vice versa; at one time in our great nation’s past, our fearless leaders thought it ethical for a society to take gun ownership to protect itself from a tyrannical government. Today, unfortunately, the government has taken on a new perspective of what is ethical as they are attempting to regulate and enforce gun control. These are only a few of many examples how a society can manifest ethical and critical thinking of one ELI in comparison to another. These ideas also apply to business
Cassadie Rushing
GEN/201
November 3, 2014
Barbara League
Critical Thinking and Ethics
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."1 These are the wise words of the great philosopher, Aristotle, in relation to, of course, critical thinking skills. Critical thinking is “disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence”, according to Dictionary.com2. Another definition of critical thinking, according to The Association for Psychological Science3, is the propensity and skills to engage in activity with reflective skepticism focused on deciding what to believe or do. These two definitions are essentially defining the same word, …show more content…
4The first and most psychologically primitive step is recalling key terms, facts and events; or at least the ability to acknowledge this and store them into your memory. After your ability to recall the minor details, an understanding of these key terms, facts and events take you to the next level of critical thinking. This is the level of critical thinking where one would ask himself if he understand the material, and recite it back to someone in his own words. After understanding, the next step is application. The use of application takes an idea and utilizes it to produce a desired outcome. Beyond application is analysis, or the ability to break a concept down into parts for closer examination. Then is the evaluation of the critical thinking process; this is the step where we evaluate the validity or usefulness of the information presented to us. Finally, creativity tops the critical thinking process when we are able to develop something entirely new from the rest of the …show more content…
As a society, who was to ever have determined that the LGBT community was never equal to begin with? It was clearly a long time ago, because to most people now, treating them as unequal comes across as unethical. Vice versa; at one time in our great nation’s past, our fearless leaders thought it ethical for a society to take gun ownership to protect itself from a tyrannical government. Today, unfortunately, the government has taken on a new perspective of what is ethical as they are attempting to regulate and enforce gun control. These are only a few of many examples how a society can manifest ethical and critical thinking of one ELI in comparison to another. These ideas also apply to business