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Are reason and emotion equally necessary in justifying moral decisions?
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... Are reason and emotion equally necessary in justifying moral decisions? Decisions have always been tough issues to tackle. Deciding what one wants to order from a menu, what kind of candy to choose, whose heart to break and whether or not war is wrong are all complex decisions in their own right. However, this essay focuses upon the latter decisions - moral decisions. How does one know whether reason or emotion is the compass from which to follow to make the right decisions? To examine this, an analysis of the role of reason and emotion is necessary. However, the issue often arises as to what, even with reason and emotion, is a right decision composed of. Kant and Hume have independent views on the role of emotion and reason in making moral decisions and their opinions can, and are, extrapolated into science, politics and eventually into our own human perceptions. Instead
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