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Emotions happen as a response to your value-judgements of a particular object, person, event, etc.; and in order for man to have a legitimate value-judgement of something he must first ''know'' something about it.  Reason gives him knowledge, and his value-judgements, based on that knowledge, give him emotions.  Thus, man cannot have emotions without first possessing knowledge; in addition, the extent of his knowledge of something will determine his emotional involvement in it.
'''Emotions''' are a response to your [[value]]-judgements of a particular object, person, event, etc.; and in order for [[man]] to have a legitimate value-judgement of something he must first ''know'' something about it.  [[Reason]] gives him [[knowledge]], and his value-judgements, based on that knowledge, give him emotions.  Thus, man cannot have emotions without first possessing knowledge; in addition, the extent of his knowledge of something will determine his emotional involvement in it.


For example:  A man sitting in a room is being witnessed by three other men, each with their own knowledge of him.  The first witness knows the man as his brother, and feels ashamed; the second witness does not know the man at all, and therefore feels nothing for him, good or bad; the third witness knows this man as his wife's murderer, and feels rage against him.  They all three have different feelings (based on their individual value-judgements), yet they are judging the same man.
For example:  A man sitting in a room is being witnessed by three other men, each with their own knowledge of him.  The first witness knows the man as his brother, and feels ashamed; the second witness does not know the man at all, and therefore feels nothing for him, good or bad; the third witness knows this man as his wife's murderer, and feels rage against him.  They all three have different feelings (based on their individual value-judgements), yet they are judging the same man.


Every emotion has a cause, and it is the responsibility of the rational mind to explore any emotion that is unaccounted for, and check its validity against the facts of reality.
Every emotion has a cause, and it is the responsibility of the rational mind to explore any emotion that is unaccounted for, and check its validity against the facts of reality.

Revision as of 20:08, 2 December 2006

Emotions are a response to your value-judgements of a particular object, person, event, etc.; and in order for man to have a legitimate value-judgement of something he must first know something about it. Reason gives him knowledge, and his value-judgements, based on that knowledge, give him emotions. Thus, man cannot have emotions without first possessing knowledge; in addition, the extent of his knowledge of something will determine his emotional involvement in it.

For example: A man sitting in a room is being witnessed by three other men, each with their own knowledge of him. The first witness knows the man as his brother, and feels ashamed; the second witness does not know the man at all, and therefore feels nothing for him, good or bad; the third witness knows this man as his wife's murderer, and feels rage against him. They all three have different feelings (based on their individual value-judgements), yet they are judging the same man.

Every emotion has a cause, and it is the responsibility of the rational mind to explore any emotion that is unaccounted for, and check its validity against the facts of reality.