Well Structured essay with balanced arguments.



It is usually better to have bipartisan view of argument issues. Ideally you should analyse the argument from both "for" and "against" point of views.




A simple decision can change a person's life completely. The decision can affect any area of the person's activities: education, career, relationship etc. Regardless of the area the decision can make the corresponding facet of life go wrong, or it can make the person achieve something outstanding sometime in the course of the person's life as well. That's why, a person should be very careful when making a decision. If he/she makes the decision based on emotion only, there is a high probability that the decision would be a wrong one; thus making him/her a poor decision maker. Although making decision merely on emotion can be a bad practice, emotion together with bits of prior calculation and logical reasoning can prove the best way of making decision sometime.

First, consider a martinet principal of a college in conflict with a disobedient student. A young student - a fledgling one - could be immature enough to rebel against a well established custom of that college. If, for example, the principle banish the student from college out of fury, the student's educational as well as career might be in a great risk of failure. The principal, in this scenario, have lots of ways to justify his/her decision such as protecting customs of the college etc but reasoning would not do any good in saving the student's educational life. In such cases, which are not very rare in conventional, orthodox colleges, merely the emotion should not be the drive in making important decisions.

Second, think about some cases in our personal life. The conjugal life goes through upheavals for many couple. There might be bitter fight between them. Now, if a couple - during such a fight - decides to divorce, it may cast a danger in their child's mental growth and social activities. The couple might show lots of reasons after getting divorced. Not those reasons but only a few considerations before making a decision to get divorced could help their child in many aspects of it's life. The couple - in this case - is no doubt, a poor decision maker.

Third, consider the claim for national issues. Candidates say many good stuffs before the election. Now, if a voter is convinced with the candidate's ostensible claims making their life better, and out of the emotional influx, the voters vote for the candidate, it can bring a dismal future for the country when the claims by the candidate would prove false. So, the voters should be very careful before making a decision about who to vote. They should not be overwhelmed by emotion.

As a decision can change a person's life it must be made very carefully. Merely the emotion as a drive for making a decision and then justifying the decision will bring a catastrophe in a person's life.





The debate of whether to follow emotions or logic is a complex one. As the given statement seems too strong in suggesting that all those who make decisions based on emotion are poor decision-makers, it may be warranted to discuss both the positive and negative role emotions and logic play in our decision making process.

In certain cases, decisions based on emotion can result in undesirable consequences. There exist several examples of impulsive shoppers who get consumed by the emotion to acquire and buy something, and consequently, end up with a purchase they later realize wasn't required at all. Advertisers and sales personnel, aware of this tendency, often play with this emotion to their advantage.

A more severe example could be of substance abusers and addicts, who, in a moment of high emotion and drama, triggered by an adrenaline rush, make decisions they might need to regret later. Gamblers, guided (or, misguided, rather) by the emotion of avarice and the "high" of winning could end up impoverishing themselves and their dependents. One also comes across people who make the wrong dietary choices, to satiate their taste buds, thereby posing a danger to long-term health.

The examples discussed above present the seamier side of decisions based on emotion; however, it should be recognized that certain situations require that decisions be guided not by logic, but by impulse.

The adage "Carpe Diem", or "sieze the day" suggests that one should let the heart rule over the head, and grab an opportunity with both hands. In other words, instinct and intuition can aid in better decision-making sometimes, rather than mere dependence on logic. There are several examples of business honchos who claim to have taken risks, guided by their hearts, and reaped benefits of such decisions. In contrast, there are others who lament the loss of opportunity because they "thought too much" and were hesitant to follow their heart. In short, decisions based on emotion may not always lead to wrong choices.

Just as the brain and the heart work in tandem to keep the body functioning smoothly, one may assert that both emotion and logic are complements to each other, and facilitate the decision making process. Decisions made on the basis of logic alone may not work out always, while choices guided by emotion and instinct could very often work wonders, and hence shouldnt be disregarded all the time.