In the article "The Rush from Judgment", Theordore Dalrymple argues that refraining from making judgments creates an unhealthy society. Judgments are usually evaluations of certain behaviors or ideas. Dalrmple believes that those who refrain from making judgments practice self-deception. Self-deception is generally defined as the practice of deceiving oneself, which in turn prevents us from achieving self-knowledge. The number one problem associated with self-deception is that it has the ability to create moral dilemmas, so much so that people use it as a "prophylactic against reliance on experience," according to Dalrymple. Because one knowingly deceives oneself into believing something even in the face of strong evidence to the contrary. The main driver of self-deception is self-interest. Because of our concern for our well-being, we choose to believe and hold certain beliefs. Dalrymple's argument is that by refraining from making judgments we refuse to evaluate what is acceptable in a society and allow certain behaviors such as crime and brutality to flourish. We make decisions and allow certain behaviors that create unhealthy lifestyles to be acceptable because as a society we refuse to make judgments. Dalrymple offers several examples of "non-judgmental" individuals and the serious implications this attitude has on their lives and those around them. His tests range from the simplest form of non-judgment to the strongest. The simplest form is that of Dalrymple's patients who refused to pass judgment on his two roommates after they had "recently abandoned themselves, stealing his [prized] possessions." The implications of this will be that this patient will not be able to learn from his expert... middle of paper... from his own misery. The problem with this belief is that it prevents individuals from learning from past experiences. Because of the overwhelming evidence presented by Dalrymple to support this statement, I wholeheartedly agree that suspension of judgment creates a society where there are no standards for what types of behaviors are acceptable. Furthermore, it places limits on what we as individuals believe we can accomplish, especially coming from a society where, due to the "absence of an interest or a career", individuals choose the path of least resistance and allow cultural pressure to determine their livelihood. We also deceive ourselves into believing that the choice to make decisions to alleviate our suffering has been taken away from us. Dalrymple's statement could not conclude better that “nonjudgment is at best indifference to the suffering of others”.."