Critical Thinking and Ethics

Critical Thinking and Ethics

Angie Dykes        

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November 20, 2016

James Youngblood

Critical Thinking and Ethics

Critical thinking and ethics play a larger role in more than people tend to understand.  Having one without the other is tough.  Once you understand critical thinking, you will come to see how much we use it in everyday life.  Once you know the six steps to critical thinking, try to factor in your ethics and see how close the relationship is between the two.  Ellis (2014) stated, “Critical thinking is a skill that will never go out of style. At various times in human history, nonsense has been taken for the truth.”

Understanding Critical Thinking

Critical thinking means to clearly understand the information by analyzing it and coming to a conclusion.  There are six easy steps in critical thinking. The first step is remembering key facts, keywords, and events.  The second step is understanding, being able to explain something in your words.  The next step is called applying which is the ability to take your idea to come up with a result.  Next is analyzing, being able to break down the concept into different steps.  Step five is evaluating, can rate the truth of the idea and explain the reason why it is true.  The final step is creating, being able to come with something new based on what you have learned.

Critical thinking plays a significant role in ethics because it is how we decide if something is right or wrong.  Critical thinking is being able to look at fact vs. fiction to come to an understanding.  Taking the path of a critical thinker a person can figure out the quality of something which can help them decide what is right or wrong.  Incorporating critical thinking into their mindset it enables them to make effective decisions based on the truth rather than the unknown and the things that change.  It is vital to have a critical approach to ethical analysis; it is one of the most important fundamental factors.