Post 2-Week 12: Rationality, Perfectibility, Mutability

I feel as if I agree with most of the ideas behind rationality, perfectibility, and mutability. The rationality premise is described as the belief that most people are capable of discovering the truth through logical analysis. This should prove to be true because most kids are able to attend public school, which helps them to develop logical reasoning. As they grow older, they are capable of understanding more theories behind daily life. Society mostly witnesses the rationality premises in constitutions such as the courthouse. This is where rational is most highly put to the test because a jury has to decide whether or not one person is innocent through there own personal reasoning skills. People’s lives are at steak, which calls for the jury to be working at its highest level. I certainly believe in the perfectibility premise. This is described as sinful humans being capable of reaching goodness. A great example of this when criminals in the jail have to community service. Although helping others out may not be what they are known for, they are physiologically and physically capable of serving good deeds. Also the mutability premise has been proven true. There have been studies where, kids around the same age were put in two different rooms to watch two different videos. One group watched a mildly violent movie, while the other group watched a peaceful movie. After the movie they were put in another room where there was a knockout to hit. The group who watched the violent video acted more physical to the knockout doll compared to the group who watched the peaceful movie. Our surrounding can definitely help mold our behaviors. This may be true but we as humans to don’t have to be contained to this one premise.