In this episode we discuss the quote 'Reason is the slave of the passions' and work by Haidt such as his book 'The Righteous Mind'.

What can be observed, in an array of contexts, is the primacy of emotional reasoning. We make emotional decisions, and work very hard to make our logical thoughts suit that initial decision.

The problem is, that this effects the way we see the world, interact and debate. It fuels partisanship and makes it increasingly more acidic, as we commit more and more to our entrenched lines.

Humanity, and the movement to unify, needs to understand this impulse, because we can't just make logical arguments, but ones that touch people. We cannot consider humanity in a purely logical sense, but the animals we are underneath, and what it is to truly BE human. We need to honour that humanity has a story, and its a story that continues into the future.

Join us as we try and negotiate the topic of emotive reasoning, and see it within ourselves.