emotion comes before rationality or is it the other way around?

Question

Do you think that we reason and then we decide or that we decide with our emotions and then we use our reason to find a rational excuse for what we have decided? Tks

Answer 1

i think many combinations of the two can occur,,,, sometimes we rationalize our emotions,,,,,, some times we emotionalize our rationality,,,,,, and sometimes our emotions and rationality are at conflict,,,, we might rationalize something, simply because we have no other way of handling it,,,, yet our emotions are in conflict with our rationality

Answer 2

The first reaction we have to almost any situation is emotional. Some people decide based on that alone. Others wait until the emotional rush calms, and become more rational, practical about the situation.

Answer 3

Emotion is primitive, but the way adults experience emotions includes a bit of emotion subject to rational consideration subject to emotiional response subject to rational consideration subject to emotional response, and so on. Further, what we most often experience as emotion is shaped by our associations and conditionings, as well as oiur previous rational considerations about previous emotions and behaviors. (I.e., "I was wrong to do that", vs. "I had every right to do that.")
___The force with which we temper our impulses with rational consideration is an acquired skill.
___And failure to consider the validity of emotional response, or at least the stimulus that it points to as an object of attention, is inadequate rationality.
___It's not a simple formula that governs the sequence of involvement of emotion and rationality. It's more like the formation of tropical storms--highly complex, and some die out while others gain force.

Answer 4

For me there is often a conflict. It's as though there are two completely different people living in my body. When that happens, the emotions usually win. However there is no rationale for that. It is a fact and I had better accept that I am an emotion-driven person.

Answer 5

We decide with our emotions, and then we use our reason to rationalize. But not everyone uses both equally.

Answer 6

uhm i think it depend from person to person, depending on what thinks first, the heart or the mind, i personally deal with my emotions first, then think about what i should do with my emotions because my emotions shouldn't be overlooked unless its not about me
but i kno people who are very calm people and will calm everyone down before they make a decision, i think those people are much better at making HUGE decision quickly, but there are ups and downs to everything

Answer 7

you can do either
emotions are deeper
i think its important to stay in touch with them
and easy in our society
to be too heavily influenced by rationality
maybe thats why we have to escape it
by drinking or whatever

Answer 8

Depends on the person, but more often it is the later.