Critical thinking Skills Assignment Sample

Critical Thinking
Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
1. Critical thinking and its purposes............................................................................................1
2. Demonstration of understanding of critical thinking skills ....................................................2
3. Evaluation of ideas expressed in case study and development of valid arguments................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Critical Thinking is defined as an objective evaluation and analysis of a specific issue for
the purpose of forming a judgement. It includes skeptical, rational, evaluation and unbiased
analysis of factual evidence. This report is based upon a case study on the topic, 'Is democracy
overrated?' This report covers the critical analysation of democracy and its impact upon human
rights and social values of countries (Aizikovitsh-Udi and Cheng, 2015). This report covers
purposes and objectives of application of critical thinking to the given case study. It also covers
understanding of critical thinking skills through examination of claims, statements, and
assertions that can be made from the given case study. At the end, it includes evaluation of ideas
expressed in the case study and certain arguments are developed by using critical thinking skills.
1. Critical thinking and its purposes
Critical thinking is determined as an ability for analysing information in an appropriate
manner and than on that basis making certain judgements. It consists of evaluation of sources,
data, facts, research findings, information and observed phenomena for arriving at a specific
conclusion.
Summary of Case study- This case study is based upon the implications of democracy upon
both society and human rights. This case study states that democracy is brought into action for
the purpose of resolving political conflict around the world and for protecting individual freedom
and human rights. But at the time it must be analysed that individual freedom and human rights
are two different things which can not be resolved by democracy alone (Azizi-Fini, Hajibagheri
and Adib-Hajbaghery, 2015). In fact, democracy is misused by many political leaders which
must be resolved very soon.
Purpose of Critical Thinking in this context
Here, critical thinking must be used for the purpose of evaluating the negative and
positive impact of democracy upon human rights and individual freedom. The other purposes of
critical thinking are-
For analysing the way an individual perceives democracy- The basic purpose of
applying critical thinking skills is to analyse the manner in which an individual thinks about
democracy and its implications. It helps a person to think out of the box and in arriving at a
specific conclusion. Democracy is a wide concept which is not just be summarised by just giving
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