Assignment:
Characteristics of a Fair-Minded Thinker
Look up the definitions listed below. Several of them can be found at https://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/glossary-of-critical-thinking-terms/496, but you will have to look further to find many of these.
As you find the definitions, copy them for your notes, but also think about how closely they define the way you or others you may know reflect these traits. Chances are, you will identify with several of these traits, and not identify with other traits. This is natural, but identifying these will help you become the type of thinker you want to become:
Characteristics of Fair-Minded Thinkers:
1.Intellectual autonomy
2.Intellectual courage
3.Intellectual empathy
4.Intellectual humility
5.Intellectual integrity
6.Intellectual perseverance
7.Intellectual sense of justice
8.Intellectual confidence in reason
Fair-Minded Thinking
As you better understand each of these characteristics fill in the table with descriptive words:
Humility - Being aware of our own faults
Courage - Facing challenges head on:
Empathy - Understanding other people's viewpoint
Integrity - Holding yourself to the same standards you hold others
Perseverance - Working through challenges despite obstacles
Confidence in reason - Respecting the evidence and other's viewpoints
Autonomy - Value independence in other people's thinking
Sense of justice - Fairness