"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."

-Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (1879-1955)

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Human beings make decisions based in part on their emotions and in part on their reason. Most people regard the use of reason very highly and treat reasoned decisions as preferable to those based on emotion, but at the same time emotion tends to be a much stronger motivator than reason.

P1: Humans base their opinions on emotions and reason.
P2: Emotions are the main basis of human actions.
C: Humans listen to their emotions over reason when making a decision.

Deductive Weak

What comes first when making a decision? This is a very difficult question to answer. Should you trust your instinct?... Or should you trust reason?

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