The Dichotomy Of Emotional Decision Making

This paper will examine Robert C. Solomon's Emotions and Choices article, to best identify what anger is, and to what extent a rational human being is responsible for their anger. Firstly, Solomon's argument must be described. A quick summation of Solomon's argument can be found in the following four points: Emotions are judgements, emotions are chosen, emotions serve a purpose, and emotions are rational.1 To quote Solomon, he explains that “Emotions are not occurrences, and do not happen to us. They ... may be chosen like an action.”2

Our emotions act as our conscience when we make a decision. Our conscience is an inner feeling or a voice that acts as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of our behaviors. We make a choice based on the way that we feel in the situation at the moment.. Emotions and decision making go hand in hand. Whatever emotion we feel, we do the action that corresponds whether it be an immoral or

Decisions about right vs. wrong can be assessed by testing the idea according to the following principles:

Firstly, emotions are extremely overpowering. No matter how insensitive someone is, the right emotion can easily overcome them. Emotions are the core of what makes up a human. In fact, decisions are 80 to 90 percent emotion-based. So, what an individual does depends on what mood one is in or how one is feeling. For example, if an individual is angry at a friend, because that anger, the individual will most likely choose to ignore that friend. The emotion, anger, influenced the choice to ignore the friend. The anger is too overbearing to ignore. In difficult situations, one will always go back to what feels “right”. Emotion will overpower logic. Abortion, for example, may not be what feels "right", the decision to abort may be a logical choice for someone. But, there could be a nagging sense of wrongness that comes with abortion, and one could decide not to choose abortion because it may feel morally wrong. Therefore, emotion will overpower

Human emotions can be considered a blessing. They enable people to show empathy and kindness to others; to comfort or help someone that needs it. To be human means to have emotions. However, it is important that people have control over their emotions. This is especially true with strong emotions or feelings. This essay will focus on three emotions in particular: anger, love, and hatred. These three feelings commonly cloud people’s judgements, which in turn, causes them to make bad decisions. Overall, making decisions based on emotions leads to negative outcomes.

Theoretical Perspectives Decision Making Framework is suitable to making ethical decisions. According to Bonde & Firenze (2013) the decision about right or wrong can be difficult and might be related to individual context. Ethical thinking other than critical thinking is needed in order to find the most suitable alternatives to be implemented in reaching the expected

A homosexual couple gets in an argument on the bus loudly for all the passengers to hear. Hearing the argument, one man on the bus approaches another making the quotation, “It makes me wonder how I would react if my own son was gay? Also, what if I were born that way?” This comment of being born that way is derived from a pro-homosexual standpoint, “They are born that way; therefore it’s natural and good” (Corvino, 1997, p. 139). Research has suggested that people may be born with certain predispositions, but that is not to say whether you should or should not act upon them. There is a great deal of debate whether homosexuals choose to be that way or if they are born that way. It is hard for individuals to control their feelings and it is hard to control which activities people find appealing. What people can control is how they act upon these feelings. Overall, determining the cause of homosexual feelings still will not determine whether it is moral to act upon them or not (Corvino, 1997, p.

Difference is a quality that allows for individual experience. However difference is not appreciated by all of humanity. Throughout human history difference has been shunned, denied, persecuted and destroyed. The population that is determined to be ‘different’ changes over the decades but the methodology and discrimination remains the same. In this paper the sufferings and trials of homosexuals and victims of racism will be examined in an attempt to determine if homophobia is morally equivalent to racism. This paper will be examining the historical context, modern discrimination and various social movements along with the counter-arguments of limited historical documentation, concealed sexual identities and lack of elaborate social movement in an attempt to prove that homophobia is the moral equivalent to racism.

I agree with Heather Donald’s article more because he seemed to use more statistics and facts rather than emotional reasoning. While I completely agree with a lot of the statements in Charle Blow’s article, using past history as the main crux of your argument without contemporar statistics or actual facts to back it up make it less reliable. Of course racism should be combated; but, the real question is how much evidence is there that actually shows the amount of explicit racism within our society. Another question is the idea that we are focusing on the we may be focusing on the wrong culprit. Statistically speaking, increased poverty directly correlates to increased crime and African-Americans are more likely to be in poverty than their White

I learned a few things from the ARD web site. First, I learned that there are state and federal laws that support mediation and arbitration when it is needed, but negotiation almost always come first (Cornell University Law School, n.d.). I also learned that an arbitration panel is a process in which each side chooses and arbitrator and then the chosen arbitrators chose a third arbitrator to make up the panel (Cornell University Law School, n.d.). I believe having a better understanding how the process works will help me to establish the next steps beyond basic conflict resolution if needed. Darr (1994) discusses the effectiveness of ADR and that is can help maintain privacy better than civil litigation, lower cost and speedier results than litigation. Morreim (2015) discusses how and ethics mediator can positively affect the outcomes of conflict situations, especially in the hospital

Imagine a boy being born into a heavily religious family, growing up in an environment where his religion, family, and friends look down on homosexuals. The boy goes to school, only to find one of his fellow classmates being picked on simply because the way he dressed was “gay”, or that the way he acted was “gay.” The boy joins the crowd too, as he also thinks that his overall appearance simply made him “gay”. This young boy swore to himself that he would never be attracted to other boys, and that he would go to every lengths to make sure of it. Then one day, it had happened. After waking up from a good night of sleep, he realized that the impossible became a reality; he had gained an unconscious infatuation towards other boys. He could not explain why he is suddenly feeling this way. The boy had learned that he had been homosexual all along. Knowing that if he ever came out to the world, he would struggle to find love, he would find his society to be unbearable, and he would live in fear that his life would be at risk as a homosexual. Homosexuals around the world face similar problems to this boy; they all live in a dangerous environment that belittles homosexual society. If they ever decide to come out, they are immediately punished simply because of something they have no control over. As a result, it is crucial that we improve life for gays. We can accomplish this by promoting gay marriage, removing homosexual stigma, and expressing compassion for gay people. By doing

How can the power of situations and individual conscience affect your decision making? That is the question that many people ask every day. After reading many articles about this topic I didn’t realize how much some of these stories told an experiments conducted actually applied to me. Throughout this paper I am going to talk about that Ross & Nisbett, Asch, Milgram and the Zimbardo prison experiment and how each one of those relate in some way or another to each other.

Homosexuality is found in over 1500 species and homophobia is found in one.(Ellerton 1) This statistics means that homosexality is natural in the animal kingdom while homophobia is unnatural in the animal kingdom. The research will show three things, one that Homosexuality is found in nature and nature is our prime example of natural law. Secondly, homosexuals can now have kids with uterus transplants and sperm donations. Thirdly, studies have shown that homosexuals have a higher emotional intelligence and IQ than heterosexuals. Homosexuality is natural, homosexuals can have kids with today’s technology, Homosexuality helps a family’s bond become stronger. Homosexuality is genetic, homosexuality starts in the womb and ends at death.

The emotion of disgust, and its relationship to judgements on homosexuals and homosexual acts, offers a striking example of the just how affective disgust is in terms of driving moral opinions.

I make decisions each and every day. However, I don't consider the probability of these decisions coming to pass when I make them. Recently, my job had transferred me from Houston to Shreveport. Before relocating, I was living in a housing market that was ranked second best in the U.S. Now, I was faced with finding a house in Shreveport that would cost just about the same as the house that I owned in Houston. The average person may think that this is an easy decision to make, but one has to be aware of the fact that I must find a house that is at a reasonable price compared to the house that I have in Houston.