All emotional decisions are bad decisions. Fear is an emotion. Therefore, fear should not inform our decisions. Decisions are rational assessments of circumstances and outcomes. Reactions are the polar opposite. Decision is a response through which the actor asserts self-directed agency. Reaction is a response through which the actor abdicates agency. Sometimes fear will conceal itself in wisdom as when one chooses a “least bad outcome.” But how often is that ‘decision’ just the fear of the harder struggle?
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