University of Nairobi Disaster Preparedness Discussion Choose a disaster that you think would be likely for where you live ( Florida ), and describe why you think the disaster would happen in your area.   For your discussion post, choose two topics from the list below to discuss:   Describe what might happen because of […]

HU260 Strategies for Decision Making Week 1 Assignment     The Nature of Arguments   Critical thinking makes use of arguments. In this week’s lesson, you gained an overview of what arguments are and what it means for something to be a good or bad argument. In your week one assignment, you will be writing a […]

UN Slavery as a Cause of the Civil War Book Report Book Reports: Make it interesting and do not plagiarize anything. The 3 books reports should be 500 to 1000 words, 12 to 14 point font and posted in Canvas. I am looking for what you got from the books and not a recap of […]

HU260 Strategies for Decision Making Week 1 Discussion   Your Background Beliefs   Each one of us has a worldview – an interpretive framework through which we view life. Worldviews are composed of our core beliefs and commitments. They are the sum total of the background beliefs that we have.   This week, you will […]

HU260 Strategies for Decision Making Week 8 Discussion   DQ1 Bad Reasoning on Social Media   Social media offers a powerful means of communication. With just a click, we can broadcast our thoughts to the entire world. But like the news, social media is even more prone to misinformation and distortion of various kinds. A […]

HU260 Strategies for Decision Making Week 7 Discussion Trust, But Verify We are surrounded by news and media. It has never been easier to access information about any given topic or world event. Yet despite living in an age where information-on-demand is only a click away, misinformation abounds. News programs mislead, pundits exaggerate, and articles […]

HU260 Strategies for Decision Making Week 6 Discussion Your Cognitive Biases Despite our rational nature, we are not perfectly rational. We often fall prey to non-rational biases that affect our judgement on certain matters. These biases are an impediment to cogent reasoning because they lead us away from what is true and good.   This […]

HU260 Strategies for Decision Making Week 5 Discussion Inductive Fallacies   Statistics carry with them the air of authority. The accuracy and precision they offer makes a given position more credible and believable. But statistics can also be misused to convince us of things that aren’t true.   This week, you will write about a […]

HU260 Strategies for Decision Making Week 4 Discussion   Faulty Inferences   While there are various kinds of fallacies, all share one common feature: they are errors of reasoning. We engage in fallacious reasoning when we fail to satisfy the three requirements of cogent reasoning (see Chapter 1 in your textbook).   This week, you […]

HU260 Strategies for Decision Making Week 3 Discussion   Moral Decision-Making   There are many different moral theories, each of which provides a different way of analyzing the moral dilemmas we face in our lives. These moral theories provide a systematic framework for making reasoned moral decisions.   This week, you will write about a […]