Final Flashcards
(34 cards)
Name the 3 modes of character
1) The Uncritical Person
2) The Self-Serving Critical Person
3) The Fair-Minded Uncritical Person
2 characteristics of Egocentric thinking
- strives to gain its selfish interests
- strives to validate its current way of thinking
2 characteristics of Rational thinking
- considers the rights and needs of others
- strives to see things the way they are
Egocentric memory
The natural tendency to “forget” evidence that does not support our thinking and to “remember” evidence that does.
Egocentric Myopia
The natural tendency to think in an absolutist way within an overly narrow point of view
Egocentric Righteousness
The natural tendency to see ourselves in possession of the truth
Egocentric Hypocrisy
The natural tendency to ignore flagrant inconsistencies between what we profess to believe and the actual beliefs our behavior implies, or between the standards we apply to ourselves and those we apply to others
Egocentric Oversimplification
The natural tendency to ignore real and important complexities in the world in favor of simplistic notions when considerations of those complexities would require us to modify our beliefs or values
Egocentric Blindness
The natural tendency to not notice facts and evidence that contradict our favored beliefs or values
Egocentric immediacy
The natural tendency to overgeneralize immediate feelings and experiences, so that when one, or only a few, events in our life seem highly favorable or unfavorable, all of life seems favorable or unfavorable to us
4 characteristics of the Uncritical Person
a. Unconcerned with the development of intellectual abilities
b. Manipulated by self-serving critical persons and easily indoctrinated
c. Resulting in the person being victimized or blindly read into victimizing others
d. Good-hearted but self-deceived
4 characteristics of the Self-Serving Critical Person
a. Develops intellectual abilities to serve one’s self-interest without regard to the rights and needs of others
b. Manipulates less sophisticated people
c. Resulting in those people being harmed (directly or indirectly)
d. Unethical, self-righteous, and self-deceived
4 characteristics of the Fair-Minded Critical Person
a. Developed intellectual abilities to serve one’s interests while respecting the rights and needs of others
b. Acts as forthrightly as possible
c. Resulting in people being treated reasonably and fairly
d. Ethical, empathetic, and just
8 Elements of thought (PPQIICAI)
- Point of View
- Purpose
- Questions at Issue
- Information
- Interpretation and inference
- Concepts
- Assumptions
- Implications and consequences
Point of View
frame of reference, perspective, orientation, world view
Purpose
Goal, objective, function
Question at issue
Problem, Issue
Information
data, facts, evidence, observations, experiences, reasons
Interpretation and Inference
Conclusions, solutions
Concepts
Theories, definition, laws, principles, models
Assumptions
Presuppositions, axioms, taking for granted
Implications and consequences
that which follows logically, effects
6 steps of naturally developing as an ethical thinker
- toward self-serving egocentrism
- wherein we tend to dehumanize and distort others so we may use them to serve our ends
- we, therefore, can become greedy, acquisitive, or selfish
- unkind, domineering, mean, violent, cruel, brutal, inconsiderate, ruthless, or vicious
- we cover-up our unethical nature through self-deception and become dishonest, deceitful, insincere, or disingenuous
- we hide our true nature from ourselves and become prejudiced, narrow-minded, chauvinistic, or intolerant
8 steps that require cultivation when developing as an ethical thinker
- toward fair-minded empathic reasonability
- wherein we strive to see things and people as they are and to consider the welfare and needs of others as well as our own
- because we are learning to consider and respect the needs of others, we become more thoughtful, considerate, generous, less selfish
- we tend to use our intelligence in ways that are honest, insightful, and show integrity
- we avoid deceiving, misleading, or deluding others. We strive not to do what causes pain or suffering to others
- our skills of self-insight and disclosure enable us to see ourselves as we are and to be more kind and helpful to others
- we become more honest, sincere, and genuine
- less prejudiced, more open-minded, and tolerant
