ABSTRACT
This chapter examines knowledge, attitude and skills. For centuries, the prevailing view in Western culture has been that reasonable thought should be valued more highly than sensitive thought, including personal perceptions and emotions. This view is called rationalism. Rationalism includes the Kantian concept of "moral autonomy" thinking: the "thinking person" surveys the world and makes himself the norm of reality. To be able to acquire new knowledge under supervisees own steam, they need a certain degree of independent, logical thinking. Logical thinking is important for people who wish, in a professional way, to reflect, study, practise research, undertake training, run an organisation and/or work in a profession. Sensible reasoning is having good enough reasons to support supervisee's opinion, conclusion, or judgement. The chapter examines how supervisees might develop the "right" intention, which includes appropriate feeling or care, a professional attitude and identity, and a positive motivation.
