Thinking Carefully and Accepting Logical Conclusions

Sometimes we don’t want to carefully follow a line of thinking through to its logical conclusion because there can be an uncomfortable amount of intellectual work that’s involved.  However, there are other times that we don’t want to carefully follow a line thinking through to its logical conclusion because we see where the line of thinking is heading and we don’t want to face the reality of the conclusion to which it leads.

A helpful and important aspect of maturity is to be willing to think honestly and to be willing to face and accept the conclusions of careful thinking… even when we don’t necessarily like those conclusions.