In politics, though, never ignore emotion.
But these modest attempts to incorporate emotion into a moral theory that at first blush seems to ignore emotion or makes reason its master do not address the feminist charge that "feminine" motivation is left out of or denigrated by traditional moral theory, and is so because of its association with women.
So they listen to the wrong people, consider only partially the impact and ramifications of their actions, ignore emotion or the zeitgeist of the moment, reflexively make the wrong decisions, dig themselves into holes, and then are loathe or incapable of digging themselves out again.
By John Lanchester Complex risk engineering ignored emotions like avarice and envy.
In Beyond Reason, world-renowned negotiator Roger Fisher and psychologist Daniel Shapiro advise "ignore emotions at your own peril.
Dr. Geffen uses scattered studies to support his belief that ignoring emotions may affect one's survival, though admitting that it is not proven.
It stresses the idea that a policy that may not be optimal under "standard" models (that ignore emotions), may become optimal if workers experience anger when they are exploited, and the government knows it.
Ignored emotions will only make you calloused and afraid.
Yet in cases where love might indeed have a bearing, such as divorce, judges usually ignore the emotion entirely.
Re "Weighing the True Costs and Benefits in a Matter of Life and Death" (Economic Scene column, Jan . 19: Robert H. Frank, taking issue with a recent column of mine in Slate ("Do the Poor Deserve Life Support?"), suggests that helping poor people in the ways poor people prefer to be helped "completely ignores moral emotions like sympathy and empathy".
