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Theory of Knowledge External Assessment Question # 2: Are reason and emotion equally necessary in justifying moral decisions? Name: Shay Sidelnik Word Count: 1521 Date: November 8th, 2007 Although reason and emotions can be perceived as completely opposite human traits, they are in fact very closely related. These two traits influence each other, and in one way or another help shape each other. Reason is often related to the brain while emotions are related more to the heart. Reason comes from the logical part of the human, reasonable things are things that makes sense in an individual's mind, things that are logical. Emotions on the other hand, tend to be much less logical; they are inner feelings which in many cases are very unreasonable, and inexplicable. Yet, it is common that the emotions of a person influence that person's reason. Both reason and emotion are necessary in justifying moral decisions. Moral decisions are simple decisions...

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