Frank BreslinCan You Overcome Social Conditioning?After reviewing the 17 conditioning factors, do you feel that you have been affected by any of them? Or do you feel immune to these…10h ago110h ago1
Frank BreslinHow Our Culture & Century Affect Our ThinkingIn one brief moment in time on an insignificant planet in a minor galaxy, we unaccountably presume that we are the center of the universe…10h ago10h ago
Frank Breslin7 More Factors That Control Your ThinkingOccupation/Profession: How does a hammer see the world? To what extent does your job or profession affect your view of the world, human…10h ago10h ago
Frank Breslin2 Factors that Control Your ThinkingNationality/National Character: To what extent do you think like an American, a Russian, an Italian, a Chinese, a German, a Spaniard, or a…10h ago10h ago
Frank BreslinHow Age, Habits, & Gender Affect Your JudgmentLet’s assume that you have the best will in the world to think critically. You can detect fallacies, classify statements, undermine…10h ago10h ago
Frank BreslinDeath, Afterlife, & Being MoralTeacher: Let’s say that you’re a high-school senior planning to go to college, but you learn from your doctor that you have only six months…3d ago3d ago
Frank BreslinA Sampling of Greek Ethical QuotationsThe Greek view of the ethical life, which greatly influenced Roman thinking, is an interesting contrast to that of the Bible’s. A different…4d ago4d ago
Frank Breslin20 Motives for Doing a Good Deed or Leading a Good LifeIn previous assignments, I had students begin thinking critically about three different moral theories. My purpose wasn’t to “sell” them on…4d ago4d ago
Frank BreslinMen both love and detest their faults.And then we have St. Paul, who wrote the book on self-contradiction — For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not…4d ago4d ago