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Reason and Emotion
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Theory of Knowledge Prescribed Title #2: ARE REASON AND EMOTION EQUALLY NECESSARY IN JUSTIFYING MORAL DECISIONS? Word Count: 1,557 Moral decisions are presented to us every single day and we are challenged to choose between what our heart tells us is right and what reason is beckoning us to do. Generally, it is reason that makes the better judgment because it has been more thoroughly thought over. But although reason might make the better judgment, it does not mean that it is used more often nor is it a necessary component of moral decision-making. Emotion, on the other hand seems to be the way of knowing that compels us to make hot-headed decisions; meaning that emotion overwhelms us when making spur of the moment decisions that at first do not seem to have any consequences. Nevertheless, which one is the one begging and screaming to be exercised when we are faced...
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