In general, people experience an emotion first, take action based on the emotion, and then their brain covers up self-harmful reflections on the action by build

In general, people experience an emotion first, take action based on the emotion, and then their brain covers up self-harmful reflections on the action by building a rationale for their action being appropriate. We can do this astonishingly quickly, enough so that other people will also believe that it was a reasoned action and not just an emotion.