Wasn't there a term "right reason" used by Aristotle or Aquinas as a guide to making decisions? Ah- that I had spent as much time checking out certain persons, places and things as I have with appliances and new cars but alas emotions are powerful and often we are swept away. I often laugh now about getting "swept off my feet" and hope the broom and dustpan are handy.
On Mar 9, 9:13 am, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that at the moment we are faced with a moral dilemma, > everything about us is relevant and comes into play. At the same > time, detachment, as always, is important to integrity. If we allow > our thoughts or emotions to "attach", we identify with them and are > not open to further possibility. This does not mean that we repress > or deny anything, only that we do not hold on the the emotion in a way > that might obscure our viewpoint, breach the integrity of all aspects > and systems responding in concert, or create hesitation where ethical > action would naturally occur. Emotions, like thoughts, come and go. > When we attach to them, they repeat and create noise within us that > makes it hard to listen to much else. > > On Mar 9, 9:46 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So a though occoured to me yesterday. > > > Is it better to approach moraly dilemars in an emotionly unattached > > reasonable way, or do emotions have a role to play in moral questions?- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
