For instance, there are Richard Paul and Linder Elder's Standards of Thinking. These are the principles applied to checking the quality of reasoning about an issue and consist of:
- clarity
- accuracy
- precision
- relevance
- depth
- breadth
- logicalness
- significance
- fairness
There also Gerald Nosich’s Elements of Reasoning. These are tools to use when we reflect on our thinking and consist of:
- purpose
- question at issue
- assumptions
- implications and consequences
- information
- concepts
- conclusions
- point of view
- context
- alternatives
You probably have no idea what I am talking about so I leave you with this situation: An elderly coworker of yours is out climbing in the mountains with you and falls and gets very hurt. His last dying wish is delivered to you as "I have $1 million dollars in my safe at home, clean, legal, and taxes paid. Nobody knows about this money but you. I don't even have a written will but here is what I want you to do with it. I was secretly involved with this militia all these years and want this money to be donated anonimously to the militia." He dies. You then see 2 different articles in the newspaper: 1. Children's Hospital Needs $1 Million Dollars Tomorrow or Doors Will Close and Treatment Will End. 2. Health Clinics Bombed, Militia is Suspected to be Involved. What do you do with the $1 million dollars?
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