Tuesday 3 June 2008

Rationality and Reason

It is much more difficult to argue against a rational argument that it is an irrational one. Violence, yelling, and abuse is not a rational argument, and it is easy to find the faulted person when one is fighting and the other is still and calm. Embarrassing your opponent with rationality, reason and a calm head I think is the best way to get any idea across because it gives your opponent room to reach a conclusion free from the pressure or threat of violence or personal abuse. As human beings I think we lean towards rationality and reason and I think that is all we really want, a reasonable world. We struggle for it. But we must be reasonable in our struggles and not betray the very goal we are trying to achieve.

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