We can learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views contradict our own.
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Governments should not fund any scientific research whose consequences are unclear.
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The best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones.
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As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more complex and mysterious.
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Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study.
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Learning is primarily a matter of personal discipline; students cannot be motivated by school or college alone.
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Although innovations such as video, computers, and the Internet seem to offer schools improved methods for instructing students, these technologies all too often distract from real learning.
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People who are the most deeply committed to an idea or policy are also the most critical of it.
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The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority.
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People's behavior is largely determined by forces not of their own making.
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There is little justification for society to make extraordinary efforts-especially at a great cost in money and jobs-to save endangered animal or plant species.
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Society should identify those children who have special talents and provide training for them at an early age to develop their talents.
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As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.
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Educators should teach facts only after their students have studied the ideas, trends, and concepts that help explain those facts.
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The general welfare of a nation's people is a better indication of that nation's greatness than are the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists.
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Nations should pass laws to preserve any remaining wilderness areas in their natural state.
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Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and to disobey and resist unjust laws.
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Educators should base their assessment of students' learning not on students' grasp of facts but on the ability to explain the ideas, trends, and concepts that those facts illustrate.
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Some people argue that successful leaders in government, industry, or other fields must be highly competitive. Other people claim that in order to be successful, a leader must be willing and able to cooperate with others.
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In order to become well-rounded individuals, all college students should be required to take courses in which they read poetry, novels, mythology, and other types of imaginative literature.
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Claim: Colleges and universities should specify all required courses and eliminate elective courses in order to provide clear guidance for students.
Reason: College students—like people in general—prefer to follow directions rather than make their own decisions.
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A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.
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Nations should suspend government funding for the arts when significant numbers of their citizens are hungry or unemployed.
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A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.
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The best way for a society to prepare its young people for leadership in government, industry, or other fields is by instilling in them a sense of cooperation, not competition.
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