The Nigerian society will make an
interesting study for any academic discipline that conducts
investigation in human behaviour. Our society is essentially governed
and sustained by a sentimental belief system which derives from
sophisticated cultural software.
Despite our cultural diversity and
growing population of the elite class, sentimental reasoning is a mental
attribute that makes a thorough and objective engagement of our values
very difficult as a people.
Sentiment is a thought, view or
attitude; especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason. It
is an attitude, thought or judgment prompted by feelings rather than
objective reasoning. Objective reasoning, on the other hand, is the
ability to decide whether or not the information covered is fact,
opinion or propaganda, since it is undistorted by emotion or personal
bias.
