Which one of the following statements concerning the nature of critical thinking is most accurate?
Selected: a. Critical thinking is about applying unbiased knowledge to help others and ourselves. This answer is correct.
b. Critical thinking is about helping others.
c. Critical thinking is about skillfully attacking others’ perspectives.
d. Critical thinking is about self-promotion.
Correct. Critical thinking is a disciplined way of analyzing problems and weighing consideration of all the evidence and information to reach an objective and fair conclusion. In a civil society, we strive for critical thinking to help everyone, so that decisions are informed, unbiased, impartial, and non-prejudicial.