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. We push our self-interested thinking too far when we

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. A guideline that is not likely to help you escape self-interested thinking is

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. Subjective relativism is the idea that

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. Drawing conclusions about people without sufficient reasons is known as

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. Self-interested thinking can leave you vulnerable to

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. Category 1 obstacles to critical thinking include

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. Self-interest alone cannot

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. You are most likely to let your self-interest get in the way of clear thinking when you

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. The sign of a maturing intellect is having the will and the courage to gradually prune beliefs that are

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. According to social relativism, the beliefs of a society

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. Emotional protestations and rejections of all relevant evidence often signal the influence of self-interest on our thinking.

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. A common flaw in reasoning is the failure to take relative truth into account.

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. The remedy for the problem of selective attention is to make a conscious effort to look for supporting evidence.

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. Group thinking can generate narrow-mindedness, resistance to change, and stereotyping.

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. There are some things about ourselves that are relative because they are one way for us and another way for someone else.

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. Everyone has a worldview.

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. Critical thinking is self-interested thinking.

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. It is always wrong to accept a claim that furthers our own interests.

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. If knowledge requires certainty, then we know a great many things.

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. Critical thinking is inconsistent with subjective relativism.

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. Critical thinking is inconsistent with subjective relativism.

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