Only a quick, rational analysis of the facts will allow us decide whether fight or flight is our best immediate response. One of the most damaging ideologies in recent times has been Deconstructionism, which posits that Western man s reliance on logic, which has given us the scientific method, is too white, too male, too invasive and undervalues intuition and feeling. In truth, logic is all that separates us from instinctual beasts. Logic is all there is. Every emotion must be tempered, contained and controlled.
All emotion is suspect, real, but suspect.
It is certainly better or at least, more productive to engage others in a positive, cooperative way than in an adversarial one, but only because it s generally more constructive or profitable. In other words, because it makes logical sense, not because it feels good. Emotions are suspect, because they change with our moods. Love, anger, sympathy, fear, are all merely chemical changes that we interpret subjectively. We re happy when things are going well, sad over losses and angry when things go badly for us.