Why Engage in Political Thinking

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Why Engage in Political Thinking

The general point made by Glenn Tinder in his work Why Engage in Political Thinking is that the importance of thinking is to create ideas, because the world we are based around now all started because of ideas. More specifically Tinder argues that if it weren’t for ideas we will still be in the dark because thought is like light. He writes, “The light is which we view Americas racial situation comes from the idea of inequality- an idea we would not process had it not been for thinkers such as Locke , Rousseau, and Marx.” (page 17) In this passage, Tinder is suggesting that thought is not only fragile but it is very important for shaping who we our and what out lives have become. In conclusion, it is Tinder belief that thinking is so important for everyday life and for the world we live in. Not only do you start to understand yourself it can even put you in touch with others.

In my view, Tinder  is right and wrong because although Thinking is very important and everything started with an idea, I don’t believe that critically thinking was the reason for the way everything is today. For example potato chips, those were made by accident, although the person had to think to make them they didn’t really know what they were doing. And look at potato chips now. Although Tinder might object that nothing productive can be done without the process of thinking. I maintain that we have learned a lot from things people have done while they weren’t thinking. Even if it wasn’t a good thing. Therefore, I conclude that Tinder is right about the a lot of the things he said and I have no problem agreeing with his theory. I just think that adding other ideas would make it more accurate.