Images of Self

I believe that we as human beings want to achieve perfection, and that is one of the things that drives us to explore, change, and improve. I have a hard time with the idea that we are born into sin, and that is our driving force. I just don’t like to think that my 8 month old son is sinful. The rationality premise is something that I think has a lot of merit. This idea, “the belief that most people are capable of discovering the truth through logical analysis,” (p. 353) is a cornerstone in American culture. The text tells us that, “many American institutions, including democracy, trial by jury and free enterprise,” (p. 353) are all born out of the rationality premise. Finally, the mutability premise is a basic concept in communication theory, shared understanding/meaning. This concept tells us that we are molded from a external influences and that the only way to improve our lives is to better those influences.