About a decade ago I read Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind. A more precise term than “read” was read and skimmed and looked for summaries. In that book I encountered a theory that argued ethics are rooted in feelings and emotions. I don’t recall Haidt distinguished the two, though many today do distinguish our feelings that are turned into rational expression in an emotion.
Fascinating! It's good to see that some are giving a more fulsome perspective on the sources of ethics. We are whole humans, and our choices and our ethics arise out of the complexity of who we are; or, it's simply not all "rational."
I’m late responding. This is a fascinating reflection that is rarely presented. We are people made in God’s image which includes emotions so it also makes sense--and I wonder what it means when we assume we’re being “rational,” perhaps simplistically more in our heads. Thanks for this, Scot.
Fascinating! It's good to see that some are giving a more fulsome perspective on the sources of ethics. We are whole humans, and our choices and our ethics arise out of the complexity of who we are; or, it's simply not all "rational."
Thank you for sharing this.
I’m late responding. This is a fascinating reflection that is rarely presented. We are people made in God’s image which includes emotions so it also makes sense--and I wonder what it means when we assume we’re being “rational,” perhaps simplistically more in our heads. Thanks for this, Scot.