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Election 2016
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
Office of the President (POTUS)
Posted 9 y ago
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SGT (Join to see) - The party platform with which I agree, and the candidate with whose policies I agree.
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I vote my conscience. I don't consider that a logical or emotional voter. I vote with whomever falls in line with my belief system.
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Interesting question. I suspect most people will say logical, we certainly want to believe that about ourselves. However, in my experience most people have a tenious understanding of formal logic or even how to recognize when our inputs and outputs are based or influenced by opinion and bad logic. We have a broad ability for self deception. While I think most people will claim logic, the reality is that the outcomes of their thought process have been contaminated by poor or incorrect inputs and a bad understanding of logic and logic errors. GIGO.
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PO1 Todd Cousins
I can see where you are going with this but you are leaning to much in a white or black world. I believe that if you separate logic and emotion completely you short change yourself. As an example logically it is wrong to risk two lives to save one. So using logic alone firefighters would never enter a fire to save lives. I tend to vote or making most of my decisions based in logic but that logic is influenced with emotion. Hope that made sense.
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SPC Kevin Ford
PO1 Todd Cousins - It makes perfect sense and I completely agree. Where I think logic does come into play is not completely in making value judgements, but instead in being able to understand the world we live in.
There is a lot of information out there, some true, some false, some misleading. More formal logic structures can help us evaluate the reality world is it exists instead of how our ideologies (whatever they may be) want them to be. Until we can do that, it is hard to make any value judgements because they suffer from the same GIGO problems. If we don't look at incoming information logically it is easy for unethical people to manipulate our emotional responses.
There is a lot of information out there, some true, some false, some misleading. More formal logic structures can help us evaluate the reality world is it exists instead of how our ideologies (whatever they may be) want them to be. Until we can do that, it is hard to make any value judgements because they suffer from the same GIGO problems. If we don't look at incoming information logically it is easy for unethical people to manipulate our emotional responses.
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It depends, if Ted Cruz ever runs again I will be voting on very negative emotions because of his past obstruction of the Senate. For everyone else I tend to be logical.
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I think with my pocket (and the pockets of those around me), and not with my heart.
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SrA Edward Vong
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Correct. I focus mostly on economics, and by economics, I don't just mean supporting to corporations, I go for economics which effects all of us.
Correct. I focus mostly on economics, and by economics, I don't just mean supporting to corporations, I go for economics which effects all of us.
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Even if you are logical and do your research- isn't emotion part of your formulation of core values? Good question though SGT (Join to see) Would venture a guess some people may not have a clue.
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I am emotional voter. I think most people are. You cannot be logical because politics, itself, isn't logical.
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I really think with the two that we had to choose from, neither were really well liked by the majority of voters. I have always voted my conscience and looked at what I think is better for the country, not just myself or family. People that I know who vote with their emotions seems to lean more left than right.
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The sad part is how many people are convinced they are purely logical voters, and yet display an ignorance that betrays that sentiment. You can never be a purely logical voter (no such thing exists, because of the nature of being human), but you can work to ensure you aren't too enthralled by emotion.
Also, what "logical voter" even means often depends on your starting point. For example: If you trust the scientific evidence for climate change, the "logical" course of action would seem to lean one way; if you don't trust it, the "logical" course of action leans the other way.
Further, is it really fair to call it a "logical" process if one merely engages in "valid" reasoning (conclusions following from the premises), but not "sound" reasoning (valid reasoning, with the premises also being true)? It is sad how many are convinced they're entirely logical by virtue of the former, but do nothing to ensure the latter. If you don't check the premises for truth, you're actually engaging in emotional reasoning while faultily convincing yourself that you are not.
Also, what "logical voter" even means often depends on your starting point. For example: If you trust the scientific evidence for climate change, the "logical" course of action would seem to lean one way; if you don't trust it, the "logical" course of action leans the other way.
Further, is it really fair to call it a "logical" process if one merely engages in "valid" reasoning (conclusions following from the premises), but not "sound" reasoning (valid reasoning, with the premises also being true)? It is sad how many are convinced they're entirely logical by virtue of the former, but do nothing to ensure the latter. If you don't check the premises for truth, you're actually engaging in emotional reasoning while faultily convincing yourself that you are not.
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