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Because such decisions are often based on emotion and not logic.

• Frondo 9y ago
  Emotion is as much a part of the human decision-making process as logic, and it's sociopathic to act as though logic is the only part that matters. My favorite for-example: one of those old great libertarian thinkers applied libertarian principles to the parent-child relationship and decided that a law that compels a parent to feed a child is an immoral law; parents should be free to let their children starve to death. A triumph of logic over emotion? I guess, if you're okay with a society that permits parents to let their children starve to death without consequence.
  • talmand 9y ago
    Indeed, emotion is part of decision making and is often the cause of the wrong decision to be made. It is not logical to allow a child to starve to death. Using an argument that a law is immoral is more about emotion than logic.
  • zrobotics 9y ago
    While a valid point, there are times when we need to recognize that emotional reactions are best ignored. If I get cut off in traffic, the initial emotional response might be to ram the other person's vehicle or some other violent act. While anger is perfectly valid, in this situation it would be best avoided. I mean, the recent focus on violent video games is an entirely emotional reaction, but at this point there's been enough studies conducted that we can safely conclude that no, playing violent games doesn't contribute to real world violence, so we should let logic inform our emotional reactions.