PSYC18H3 Chapter 10: chapter 10 notes
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Without a functioning orbitofrontal cortex and the information that an array of social emotions provide, people lack judgement. They do not abide by morals, norms, and conventions. Historical perspectives on the interplay between passion and reason. In the western philosophical tradition there has tended to be a suspicion of emotions and ethical philosophers- stoics, epicureans, was that to lead a good life, emotions should be extirpated altogether. A first meaning has to do with whether the emotions are based on substantive beliefs. A second meaning of rationality concerns whether emotions help individuals function effectively in the social world. Emotions as prioritizers of thoughts, goals, and actions. In very simple animals behaviour is controlled by reflexes. Humans and animals are in a complex world, they act with purpose. The notion that emotions signal conflict, and redirect the individuals action was a focus of classical greek dramas, of some of aristotle"s work, and much of freud"s.
