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The judges, however, wisely rejected that argument, quoting Thurgood Marshall's observation that given the mysteries of human motivation, “it would be unwise to presume as a matter of law that human beings of one definable group will not discriminate against other members of their group.”
Randall Kennedy • Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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reason-respecting tendency.
Laurence Endersen • Pebbles of Perception: How a Few Good Choices Make All The Difference
These cases differ in the inner needs that color your decision-making, your “epistemic motivations.”
Michael Morris • Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together
W.J. is but a more extreme example of the exact thing that Watson does with the wineglasses. In both instances there is the spontaneous construction of story, and then a firm belief in its veracity, even when it hinges on nothing more than its seeming cohesiveness. That is deductive problem number one.