It may be correct to say that to a certain degree most people are capable of thinking logically, they can analyze situation and events, but I don't think that "most people are capable of discovering the truth through logical analysis." Although institutions such as democracy and the justice system based their conduct on the idea that most people through logic can discover the truth, I still think that many people can easily be persuaded by others, the way they perceive things is largely depend on their personal experience, and they can easily be deceived by their senses.
As for the perfectibility premise, I also cannot agree. I think that people are born as a "blank paper", and therefore, the mutability premise is the one that make the most sense to me. Our behavior, which include the sins and the goodness is "shaped by environmental factors and the way to improve human is to improve their physical and psychological circumstances." (p. 334)
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