Emotion As A Way Of Emotion Analysis
Emotion as a Way Of Knowing is highly controversial; with its’ part in the long standing debate on whether logic and reasoning is superior and more reliable as a means of gaining knowledge. Yet, emotion is crucial is deriving meaning since “meaning in life is derived emotionally, not rationally. When we attach significance to something we attach feelings not conclusions.” Rather than to define “emotions” conventionally, for the sake of this essay, we can differentiate between instinctive emotions and social emotions. The former being primary, uncontrollable emotions while the latter are more complex, culture influenced emotions. This essay will thus explore the limitations of emotion as in WoK as well as the importance of emotion as a WoK.
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In all of these variations, for the protagonist to save the five lives, one life must be sacrificed but in various conditions. In the former, the protagonist must actively push the fat man into the tracks, to save the other lives. It is the same situation in ‘The Fat Villain’, except this fat man is now a villain. In the last circumstance, the man in the yard is completely unaware of the trolley situation but dies. In the first and last variations, you are more likely to feel guilty and responsible for the death of the man, and as such, most respond that they will not actively save the five other lives. In ‘The Fat Villain’ situation, the responders are more likely to see it as morally justifiable and even essential, since compassion, one of the key emotions, toward the villain is diminished due to his/her past immoral actions.In this case, we can see how the emotional consequences of the circumstance can severely alter choices made. Interestingly, in the general theory, responders are more willing to take option (2), in which one man is still killed but they perceive a smaller comeuppance for the death since it prevents the deaths of five others. This can be considered a strength of emotion since our intrinsic self-interest will lead us to choose the decide on a solution that can benefit us the most, the choice that gives us the least
In all of these variations, for the protagonist to save the five lives, one life must be sacrificed but in various conditions. In the former, the protagonist must actively push the fat man into the tracks, to save the other lives. It is the same situation in ‘The Fat Villain’, except this fat man is now a villain. In the last circumstance, the man in the yard is completely unaware of the trolley situation but dies. In the first and last variations, you are more likely to feel guilty and responsible for the death of the man, and as such, most respond that they will not actively save the five other lives. In ‘The Fat Villain’ situation, the responders are more likely to see it as morally justifiable and even essential, since compassion, one of the key emotions, toward the villain is diminished due to his/her past immoral actions.In this case, we can see how the emotional consequences of the circumstance can severely alter choices made. Interestingly, in the general theory, responders are more willing to take option (2), in which one man is still killed but they perceive a smaller comeuppance for the death since it prevents the deaths of five others. This can be considered a strength of emotion since our intrinsic self-interest will lead us to choose the decide on a solution that can benefit us the most, the choice that gives us the least