Do questions like “Why should I be moral?” or “Why shouldn’t I be selfish?” have definitive answers as do some questions in other Areas of Knowledge? Does having a definitive answer make a question more or less important?
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Do questions like "Why should I be moral?" or "Why shouldn't I be selfish?" have definitive answers as do some questions in other Areas of Knowledge? Does having a definitive answer make a question more or less important? Nina Chen Wednesday AM, Mr. Bilesky May 11th, 2005 (1471 words) Question is a very important tool in language and language is one of the ways of knowing, therefore, questions are indispensable in the process of learning and knowing. It is not overstated that questions are the beginning for inquiry, we learn more through asking questions; we acquire more knowledge through asking questions; sometimes, we do not expect an answer, but we do care the process in between, that is the way to find an answer. As people investigate a question they usually gained something else that is more important than just the answer to this question. For example, when historians are determined to find some artifacts of...

