Journal: Value: Logic or Emotion
January 18, 2008
In this assignment, we were instructed to explain whether we value our emotion or our logic over the other.
Personally, I value my logic more than I value my emotion. My ability to process information will take me farther than the abstract concepts of emotion. Society values this logical ability much more than emotion because it is by far more beneficial to humanity under the stress of the real world. In situations under pressure, your emotion will be of no use, and perhaps may damage the situation farther. In school this logical process is also valued more for processing information given from the curriculum. Logistics are the basics behind math, like Geometry, and also problem solving in-general is useful in many subjects. The exception to the logical benefit would be for creative writing and your ability to express that emotion in the correct format to piece together literature.
Since I’ve written this journal, my views have been slightly altered. I can now understand the opposite viewpoint where your ability to process and decipher emotions could be more beneficial than your logic. I now understand that there must be an equilibrium of the two. A balance of emotion and logic can easily lead to be more beneficial than just one or the other. With logic, you can process the actual event, but with emotion, you can understand “Why?”.
