Should I Change My Attitude

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Introduction to Free Will and Determinism

Should I Change My Attitude

When I examine if I should change my attitude I feel that it is important to investigate the different influences that have formed my attitude. I have been influenced by the different values and morals that my parents, family, and teachers have taught me. My attitude has also been formed through experiences that I have had. There are also many factors that have cause changes in my attitude.
Should I change my attitude? I guess when you really think about it, everyone can bear to change something about their attitude. People have different views on situations, and some are right and some are wrong. I consider myself to have a fairly open attitude to new ideas, and the ideas of others. I do not feel that I need to change my attitude overall, but I feel that there are certain aspects of my attitude that could be adjusted.
"Our knowledge springs from two fundamental sources of the mind; the first is the capacity of receiving representations (the ability to receive impressions), and the second is the power to know an object through these representations (spontaneity in the production of concepts). Intuition and concepts constitute, therefore, the elements of all our knowledge." (Immanuel Kant)
This quote is discussing how knowledge is formed, and this can be referred to attitude as well. Our attitude is developed from our mind, the impressions we receive, and through representation, the concepts we learn.
Growing up in a small community of Northern Maine I have not been exposed to as much as someone from the city, because of this I feel it is important that I keep an open attitude when I see things that are different, or things that are new for me. In the community that I grew up in there was only one African American family, I do not consider myself to be racist, but I feel that there are a lot of people in my town who are prejudice. I feel th...