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Here’s How I Feel: Don’t Trust Your Feelings!
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Sousa, Ronald B. De |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | It is a truism that most of what we do is governed by our emotions – providing “emotions” and “governed” are taken broadly enough. Bayesian calculus describes how choices derive from preferences and subjective probabilities; both are influenced, if not determined by emotions. But there are many reasons, both empirical and theoretical, for thinking that our emotions are often poor guides to risk. This fact has been richly exploited by advocates of “organic” agriculture (which would likely result in mass starvation or in the eradication of the earth’s forests if universally pursued) and by opponents of nuclear energy (which has caused far less actual harm than coal). However, attempts to correct emotional estimates of risk in the light of more objective probabilities and rational expectations will be futile, unless the corrections are framed in terms liable to affect hearers’ emotions in appropriate ways. These considerations raise two sorts of questions: What methods are appropriate for identifying those areas for which emotions do and do not constitute appropriate appraisals of risk? And are there ethical and non-deceptive ways in which people’s emotional stances can be appropriately corrected? |
| Starting Page | 17 |
| Ending Page | 35 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-90-481-8647-1_2 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/DESOUSA.DELFT.FINAL.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8647-1_2 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
