Question 2 - March 29th week

2). Do you believe in the rationality, perfectibility, and mutability premises? What social institutions and practices are based on these beliefs?

I definitively believe in rationality, perfectibility, and mutability premises. Through rationality, people are fully capable of logical judgement; Through perfectibility, people can become better individuals by practicing better control and putting effort in improving themselves. Finally, through mutability premises, people can alter or even completely change by changing their environments.

For instance, by becoming more educated about a certain situation or a topic we can make a rational decision that will benefit us in the long-run.

I was always told to keep my emotions in check and use logic when making decisions in order to save me a lot of heartache and problems in my life. I agree that you always want to follow your heart when making some decisions, but ultimately one should use logic to make an educated guess and or life altering decisions.

Speaking about mutability, people that came from different cultures and or environments and then settled into a new one will have changed for the better or worse almost all of the time. Speaking personally, I came from a country (Bosnia) that was war torn and thus my goals might have been a bit different than they are now. I have been living in the US for 12 years now and when I think about the future, the sky is the limit. We are all a product of our environment and the type of situation that is around us will have an impact on the way we talk, dress and think.