Making Judgements

             the article titled, On Making Judgements, the author discusses
             how recently people are making the choice not to judge, when in some
             cases "judging" may be necessary. The author wants the reader to believe
             that judging, in some cases, should be taken into consideration and is also
             necessary to take action that requires you to judge an act.
             He brings up a recent case where the outcome of "not judging"
             turned out to be murder. The question is then raised, Should we condemn
             a person for choosing not to get involved because he didn't feel he had the
             right to "judge" based on the simple fact that his own life was not in
             danger? In the case stated by the author, the mother of the girl that was
             murdered feels he should be at fault for failing to report a crime in
             Another point the author made is a judgment is a feeling or opinion
             on something. Judgments are made everyday in almost every aspect of a
             person's life. Should we ask people to stop judging things that are carried
             out in everyone's lives? According to the author, if this happens then we
             are betraying our own intelligence. Also we would be failing to make
             personal or moral decisions that would effect everyone on this planet as a
             The author mentions that he is a professor and he teaches his
             students to substitute the word judge for the word feel. He also states that
             feelings need not be defended or explained, the only evidence that they
             require is that feeling. In order to make a judgment you need to have proof
             to defend that judgment. A judgment requires that the person making such
             judgment would have to defend that decision and stay committed to that
             The people that make judgments that are valid and warranted are
             often the ones that we fear, states the author. This is true for the simple
             fact is people do not want to challenge oth
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