In evaluating, you may consider the following suggestions:
1. Temporarily set aside your own opinion about a particular issue.
2. Consider looking at the similarities and differences that exist among the various viewpoints.
3. Identify the assumptions on which each view is based.
4. Find and evaluate evidence that suggests the viewpoint is well thought out.
5. Read more and think about the ideas that differ from your own to avoid paying more attention to points of view with which
you agree and treat opposing viewpoints superficially,
6. By writing a summary, you will be able to analyze particularly complex, difficult, or very similar viewpoints. Through the
process of writing, you will be forced to discover the essence of each view.​