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A Citizen's Syllabus

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A Citizen's Syllabus

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November 25, 2020

You Can't Trust Yourself

November 25, 2020/ Andy Zehner
You Can't Trust Yourself

You can’t be content to say, “This is what I think.” You need to ask yourself, “Why do I think this? What is my evidence?”

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November 25, 2020/ Andy Zehner/
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cognitive bias, bias

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A Citizen's Syllabus

“A truly robust civic education must encompass the full suite of aptitudes necessary for good citizenship. These include a grasp of the history and theory of democracy . . . and critical reasoning skills that help to distinguish true information from false. Other vital elements in good citizenship: a commitment to values such as tolerance and equality that provide standards against which to hold policymakers and policies to account, and a disposition directed toward cooperation and action.”

Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels


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