|
|
 Originally Posted by NightGizmo
In your workplace example, you used reason. You used your rational faculties to gather more information, create a better understanding of the situation, and make a more informed decision on what action to take.
To show that I see both your position and the other position.
You can feel whatever you want, it's not going to change the underlying reality. Feeling emotions isn't wrong -- accepting them as a substitute for reality is wrong.
Exactly. But feeling emotions and substituting rationality for them is difficult. For each story I remember doing it right, how many do I have where I didn't do it?
At the core of Ayn Rand's philosophy is the Aristotlean metaphysical premise that reality exists, independent of our perception of it. As a consequence of this premise, she believes that the correct way to navigate through life is to use your rational faculty to try to understand the nature of reality and determine courses of action that provide the best benefit to you based on your value system.
But you cannot navigate through reality independent of yourself. And yourself is given to emotions, as much as you wish it wasn't, and as much as you may train yourself to overcome them, they will always be there for they are easy and immutable.
the correct way to navigate through life is to use your rational faculty to try to understand the nature of reality and determine courses of action that provide the best benefit to you based on your value system.
I fundamentally agree. I'm just speaking truth to where this path has taken me.
|
Reply With Quote
