Posted: May 26th, 2017

Haidt quotes Shakespeare, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Explain what you believe this statement means and how you think it might be important to a person’s psychological functioning.

Haidt quotes Shakespeare, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Explain what you believe this statement means and how you think it might be important to a person’s psychological functioning. On the basis of the little information you have available, does Shakespeare’s idea sound like a rationalist idea (Benson p29) or an empiricist idea (Benson p30). Explain your reasoning.