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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