Kant provides an adequate depiction of the views of much of society. I
think people develop opinions based around their culture, family, geography,
religion, and other influential people. As children mature, it is inevitable for
them to make opinions and have biases based on their parent or influential
figures. Often times as children grow into adults, they naturally cling to
those opinions they have known most of their lives. I think college is a time
that many young adults begin to branch out and think for themselves without as
many outside influences, while others choose to remain in an ignorant state of
mind. I think there are many people who have the experience, as Kant explains,
yet still choose to remain ignorant. Those people, I believe, are aware that
they could think further into subject matters, but they just do not care
enough. I personally know people who think like this, whose parents think like
this, and it seems to me like the cycle will just continue. I feel like these
people have blinders on each side of their faces that they are free to pull off
at any point, yet they are too engrained in tradition to think anything other
than what they are taught.
I commented on Abbie George’s post.
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