Imagine a boy, whose needs for love and tenderness are not being met by his mother, and who is a catholic growing up in a prejudiced protestant farming community, and who has the pressures of a boy with homosexual feelings growing up in an aggressively heterosexual world. this describes

Why does c. wright mills identify critical thinking as one of the most important criteria for the development of intellectual craftsmanship? why is constantly being aware of the biased nature of your reactions and interactions (what c. wright mills calls self-reflexive) key to the development of that critical thinking? finally, why is keeping a file important, how can it lean to intellectual curiosity which can foster critical thinking and to develop a keen analytical mind?

Aman and woman agreed to burn down a neighbor's house in retribution for some wrong the neighbor allegedly committed against them. both the man and woman were arrested shortly after they poured gasoline on the neighbor's front porch. the man revealed to the police that he participated in the plan to ensure that nothing bad would happen to the neighbor, and that he had made an anonymous telephone call to the police alerting them to the crime, which enabled the police to arrest him and the woman in the act. the woman stated that she would not have participated if not for the man's encouragement. if the woman is charged with a conspiracy at common law to commit arson, how should she be found?

"six months ago, several of molly's friends joined the trimtime fitness center. each of them participated in trimtime's weight-reduction and fitness regimen. all reported substantial weight reduction, and all are visibly slimmer. molly is convinced. she joins trimtime and enrolls in the program, hoping and expecting to see the same results. she is especially delighted to learn that trimtime had adjusted its program to make it even more effective in a shorter period of time." what is the feature in question/attribute of interest in this argument?