September 2012
Beginner
240 pages
4h 37m
English
book
30 Days to Better Thinking and Better Living Through Critical Thinking: A Guide for Improving Every Aspect of Your Life, Revised and Expanded
by Dr. Linda Elder, Dr. Richard Paul
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Day Fifteen. Be Fair, Not Selfish
Human thinking is naturally self-serving or selfish. Selfishness is a native, not learned, human tendency (though it can be encouraged or discouraged by one’s culture and the groups to which one belongs). Humans naturally tend to look out for “number one.” Unfortunately, that often means we are unfair to persons “two” and “three.”
“Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself.”
—H.W. Beecher
You don’t have to be selfish. It is possible to develop as a fair person and thinker. You can learn to give significant attention to the desires, needs, and rights of others. You do not need to “cheat yourself” to be fair.
When you think fairmindedly, you consider ...
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