How we judge others

 How do you judge others?

In two important respects. Firstly, the empirical data at our disposal is greater in the case of self-assessment, since we have direct cognition of our subjective states and actions. In the case of assessing others, our database consists essentially on externally perceivable data; physical words and deeds, from which we infer spiritual or mental internal events by means of analogies to one’s own experiences. Secondly, although in principle given certain data, the conclusions we draw from them are dependent on our conceptual framework.