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John and Julie, your two best friends, have just read an article about the death penalty. It explains the reasons why death by lethal injection is a legitimate punishment for certain crimes.
As Julie reads the article, she strongly agrees with what the author has to say. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," she imagines. Without examining the ideas that are involved, she's
satisfied with everything the article says because, "It's only fair."
John, on the other hand, is deeply offended before he's even finished reading the article. He leans heavily on the feeling that God has the only power to decide someone's fate, not man. "It's not right to interfere with another person's existence on Earth," he thinks to himself as he keeps reading.
What Julie and John don't know is that they've both used some habits that hinder thinking to come up with their opinions. They both had strong initial feelings about the death penalty. And
they both finished with those same......

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