It isn't the rationalist ethos. Your emotions should obviously guide you, they're a part of you and important evidence. What you described is exactly how rati

It isn't the rationalist ethos. Your emotions should obviously guide you, they're a part of you and important evidence. What you described is exactly how rationalists think emotions are best wielded: you look at your/a situation and look at how you feel about it. They're your barometers for whether that which you believe to be your goal is actually your goal. Emotions are misused when you treat factual beliefs as goals: then your emotions get attached to them, in unhealthy and cult-like ways.