On Desire: Why we want what we want P.115
Damasio concludes that ‘certain aspects of the process of emotion and feeling are indispensable for rationality. At their best, feelings point us in the proper direction, take us to the appropriate place in a decision-making space, here we may put the instruments of logic to good use.’ Our emotional states ‘do not deliberate for us. They assist the deliberation by highlighting some options (either dangerous or favorable), and eliminating them rapidly from subsequent consideration.’ “