Good and Evil

[Neo-Scholastic]

I think we’re all being a little simplistic by contrasting emotion with reason. Reason includes more than logical analysis. Both perceptual interpretation and language use involve deeper unconscious processes necessary for gaining knowledge. Likewise some emotions are instinctual responses, like fight or flight, while others are habitual ones, like pride. Still other emotions are either innate motivations, like thirst or curiosity. And then there are cultivated desires, like art and musical taste.