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Subject:Personal Issues
Topic:Decision Making
Document Type:Essay
Document:#26148521
Moral Choices
Introduction
Moral choice is a commitment to acting in a way considered to be either right or wrong. As a result, an ethical decision is concerned with less of what an individual knows and more about such an individual defiling what he/she considered her/himself to be. As a result, in moral choice-making, an individual will opt for the choice that promotes who they consider themself to be. There are, therefore, several ways to describe moral decisions; critical thinking, the divine command theory, relativism, and emotivism (Overberg, 2018). This paper is focused on critical thinking and, in particular, deductive and inductive reasoning to present my thoughts on the criticism of critical thinking, and offer criticisms on the idea that the best choices can be figured out through deductive and inductive reasoning.
Thoughts on criticism of critical thinking
I think that the criticisms of critical thinking are good general reasons as to why arguments should not be too critical of reasoning, and should not try to abridge the scope of reasoning. However, I acknowledge that doubts remain. Situations, experiences, and reasons are not dynamic. Thus, the dynamism of events and prevailing conditions does, in a major way, affect critical thinking, as critical reasoning is only as good as the understanding of the prevailing conditions. Also, indeed, we can not entirely comprehend the prevailing conditions. Down the ages of philosophy, philosophers have continually questioned whether we have full understanding and knowledge of the external world. In recent times, the question has been whether we can know or understand the internal experiences and thought…
…reject them completely. Thus, the conclusion will not be founded on these premises, and as such, the best decision will have been made, but not simply on the available premise.
Conclusion
Moral decision making is affected by and numerous factors that range from divine convictions, preconceptions, and terms and conditions specific to an event. It is therefore argued that the best decision for each event and person is not the best for all persons and each similar situation and at different times. Based on this argument, it would, therefore, be concluded that deductive and inductive reasoning – though used in this argument – is a very resourceful approach in figuring out the best decision, but it has some major shortcomings. These shortcomings include being limited to specific terms and conditions and that they…
References
Jin, D. (2016). The Limits of the Knowledge Generation Systems. In The Great Knowledge Transcendence (pp. 69-82). Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
Overberg, K. R. (2018). Conscience in conflict: how to make moral choices. Wipf and Stock Publishers.
Wheeler?Bell, Q. (2019). An Immanent Critique of Critical Pedagogy. Educational Theory, 69(3), 265-281.
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