Is emotion required for human action?

eliotn · May 18, 2009, 10:23am

Is emotion required for action? Or, is it just something that drives some humans to act?

Jon_Irenicus · May 18, 2009, 10:29am

No. Just a drive, or something that allows for intentionality generally.

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