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Many of our ideas about the world are based more on feelings than facts, sensibilities than science, and rage than reality. We gravitate toward ideas that make us feel comfortable in areas such as religion, politics, philosophy, social justice, love and sex, humanity, and morality. We avoid ideas that make us feel uncomfortable. This avoidance is a largely unconscious process that affects our judgment and gets in the way of our ability to reach rational and reasonable conclusions. By understanding how our mind works in this area, we can start embracing uncomfortable ideas and be better informed, be more understanding of others, and make better decisions in all areas of life.
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A fallacy implied here is the Insignificant Cause . The implication in your first example given is that slavery existed largely because of the Constitution (when in fact, people turned to the Constitution to justify the practice). The error in reasoning, despite what we label it, is failing to draw a reasonable conclusion, which can generically be seen as a Non Sequitur . |
answered on Monday, Sep 16, 2019 04:46:05 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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