Why are strong critical thinking skills needed to resolve conflict among human beings?

In the potential divergence of various beliefs and values, our reliance on ideological, comparative, empirical ways of reasoning often creates as many conflicts within our own minds as between ourselves and other people. Given how we human beings think, it is clear that strong critical thinking skills and habits of mind are needed if we are to negotiate livable paths not just to our own individual well-being but to the truth about how our universe works, to mutual respect, and to harmony in the world community.