I wrote this essay with Anthony Evans and Gideon Goldin. It is common to think that emotions interfere with rational thinking. Plato described emotion and reason as two horses pulling us in opposite ...

In his Jan. 31 op-ed, “The Ayn Rand Contradiction,” Rainer Zitelmann writes: “Her cultural significance comes not from her powers of rationality but rather her appeals to morals and emotions.” This ...

The popular maxim that “facts don’t care about your feelings” has become a touchstone of modern debate. It suggests that truth is harsh and objective, immune to the influence—or distortion—of emotion.