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2. Apply your critical thinking to the following cases. Be sure to identify all your assumptions and decide whether they are warranted.

a. A Cambridge, Massachusetts, man got tired of looking at his neighbor’s

uncut lawn, and the untrimmed shrubs that reached above the second-story

window, and took his grievance to court. The neighbor admitted to the

judge that he hadn’t cut the lawn in fourteen years, but he argued that he

preferred a natural lawn to a manicured one and untrimmed to trimmed

shrubs. The judge decided he was perfectly within his legal rights in

leaving his lawn and shrubs uncut, regardless of what his neighbor felt.

Do you think the judge’s decision was fair?

b. Some parents who believe their college-age sons or daughters have been

brainwashed by religious cults kidnap their children and have them

deprogrammed. Should they be allowed to do this?

c. Some parents keep their children out of school in the belief that they can

educate them better at home. Should this be permitted?

d. Many motorcyclists object to the laws of some states that require them

and their passengers to wear helmets. They believe they should be free to

decide for themselves whether to wear helmets. Do you agree?

在以下事件中运用批判性思维。确定识别你的一切疑惑并决定它们是否是有依据的。

a.在马萨诸塞州的剑桥，一个男人不愿意看见邻居家未修整的草坪，未修的灌木已经长到了二楼窗户下面，他带着他的不满将其告上法庭。邻居承认，他已经14年没有修建草坪了，但他理论说他更爱自然的草坪胜过修整过得，自然的灌木胜过修剪过的。法官认定他完全有任由草坪和灌木自由生长而不修整的法律权利，全然不顾他邻居的感受。你任务法官的判决公正吗？

b.许多父母相信他们大学年龄的儿子或女儿已经被当地狂热宗教组织洗脑，所以让他们消除受毒化的思想。他们应该被允许这么做吗？

c.一些父母让他们的孩子脱离学校因为他们认为孩子在家中能接受更好的教育。这件事应该被允许吗？

d.许多骑摩托车的人拒绝一些洲要求的骑手和乘车人需要佩戴头盔的法律。他们认为他们有决定自己是否戴头盔的自由。你同意吗？