Eligibility to vote should be based on one's ability to reason critically.
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I disagree.
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I agree completely. The people's voice is worth listening to only to identify problems, not deciding how to fix them. The most recent case that supports this would be the push for a $15/hour minimum wage. $15/hour is well above the current equilibrium level for the lowest skilled labor, not to mention that not a single OECD country has a $15/hour minimum wage when you adjust for Purchasing Power Parity. Side: I agree
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That requires that the sanctification of the group in question is also based on critical reasoning, and that the satisfaction is the most important outcome. What if the group in question does not determine their satisfaction critically? What if that satisfaction is based on things that aren't ultimately good for society? Side: I disagree.
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Really if you think of it in the U.S most people will vote for their party. They don't really think of the person they are fully voting for. Then there is also that people don't really vote for themselves, since there are so many people out there in a country we have representatives which is also on the case of their own political party. For example Kentucky is an republican state, there is more republicans than democrat so therefore Kentucky will most likely go for the republican candidate. There is really no such think as people fully voting half of people don't even know who their own representative is, they just look at their political party. So on this account even if you did that it would not make much of a difference. Side: I disagree.
It is a RIGHT, PERIOD. Many people who are able to reason critically watch FOX News, which eventually takes away the ability to reason critically. I'd rather have people who can at least say: "That's what I believe we need to do." Rather than say: "I saw this on FOX, so it must have been critically reasoned!" Side: I disagree.
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Given the definition of critical thinking specified in this debate I must disagree. Tying your opinion or vote to what you think would make a reasonably large group of people satisfied is not objective thought, you've shoehorned yourself into certain opinions from the very beginning and eliminated other possible opinions even if one of those opinions is the one you think is best. Side: I disagree.
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