Is reason a better way to make things happen? or is emotion a better way of producing "true" effect?

Answer 1

The problem with your question is the word 'better'. 'Better' always has an implied 'for', which you haven't specified. So when you ask if something is better than something else, everyone else is left to answer "better for what?". Which suggests the only reasonable answer to your question right there.

Depending on the outcome you are seeking (what kind of 'things' you want to 'make happen'), a purely reasonable approach will be better than a purely emotional one only sometimes. And sometimes the converse will be true. Which raises another point as well:

There seems to be no reason to conclude that the set of reasonable actions and the set of emotional actions do not overlap. Quite the contrary! I would argue that sometimes the MOST reasonable response is an emotional one, and sometimes the MOST emotional response is a reasonable one. If you are aware of varying effectiveness of these responses, it seems quite possible to reason yourself into emotion. Likewise to some people reason IS an emotional response... I knew someone once who always progressed from annoyed to coldly reasonable to reasonable and furious (that latter state was truly frightening).

Answer 2

Reason and emotions are motives. What makes things happen is action.

I have no idea what you mean by "better way to make things happen". Sometimes people act on emotion, sometimes on reason, but in either case they are engaging in action. For the purpose of causing an effect, it would make no difference what the motive was. The motive sometimes influences which action is taken, but not to what degree the action is taken (e.g., whether I vote democratic due to emotional reasons or due to a reasoning process that led me to a conclusion, that doesn't affect the efficacy of my vote).

Answer 3

Emotions have a way of quickly producing effects, but reason is what will "keep" effects, therefore is the better way.

Answer 4

First reason out the problems you are facing and do something to avoid those problems, as much as possible. Then coolly and calmly think, if your decisions were correct or not.
When you are in a dilemma, to help some one or not, you need to do the same thing. ( Because many receivers are very extravagant with the free money they get so easily.).

when you cannot decide between two rights, listen to your heart.

Answer 5

That's a two part-er. Man started out with "true" in every sense. He screwed it up when he listened to his emotions
and went ahead an ate the apple. I think you have to use both.
The emotion part:: Gut Feeling, Your Inner Still Small Voice....blended with all the information your senses have gathered to make the final conclusion with reasoning.

Answer 6

Reason implies logic and thorougn analysis, both of which are required to produce an effective resolution. Emotions can be irrational and upredictable, therefore decisions/actions based on emotion are unreliable.

Answer 7

there are good an bad emotions ( fear anger are not good emotions to produce good effects) so the best is to reason when being in a good emotion as enthusiasm

Answer 8

Emotion with reason

Answer 9

Emotion is only a timely attraction; it does not last long
Reason is realised a little late but lasts forever
Without many 'reasoners" of the past there is no "today"

Answer 10

Dedication