Journal Entry - 6/04/2009

The concept of the balance between emotions vs. reason was looked at from a very creative point of view. The animated video that we watched appealed to me as it clarified the concepts for me. We often think that emotions play a greater role in daily actions and that reason is put into the backseat. However, the video changes that misconception by informing us about how reason sits in the front seat and it guides emotions which are shown through our actions. The video interested me to a great extent as it was easy to understand and at the same time included important Ways of Knowledge which often are not understood clearly. However, I disagree with the fact that reason must always drive emotions, and feel that the video was slightly biased towards Reason. When talking about Hitler, the video shows how he uses emotions to brainwash the people and how that eventually leads to all the destruction. But at the same time if emotions over powers reason it can be beneficial, which is not mentioned in the video, for example when dealing with a child. If one tries to reason out their every act thy will not be able to look after the child easily, while if they use their emotions, the child can relate to it and the task will be easier.