1.4: Chapter Exercises
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Chapter Exercises
- Suppose that you had been adopted at birth by a family very different from your own, and that you had been raised in a very different subculture, or even in a very different country.
- Do you think that your political views would have been different? If not, why not? If so, how? Give two concrete examples of beliefs you find important in your own life that you might not have had.
- Do you think that your views about right and wrong would have been different? If not, why not? If so, how? Give two concrete examples of beliefs you find important in your own life that you might not have had.
- Do you think that your religious beliefs would have been different? If not, why not? If so, how? Give two concrete examples of beliefs you find important in your own life that you might not have had.
- Give an example of a view you once thought was obviously true, but which you now think might be false. What led you to change your mind?
- Give an example of a view you once thought was obviously false, but which you now think might be true. What led you to change your mind?
- Give an example of a view you once thought had a definite right answer, but about which you now think you must reserve judgment. What led you to change your mind?