To be rational is to be mentally ill. We human beings are constantly trying to be objective when in fact our life is constantly a experience of subjectivity. Thus trying to live in fairy land which is what rationally objective means, only makes us crazy. Objectivity is always what we imagine to be the ideal, which is really a distraction from what is.
The truth is I can't read minds and even if I could I still wouldn't be able to control others and frankly who wants to control others anyways. It is hard enough being responsible for ourselves. It is fun to help others attain their desires, but sucks when one is responsible for the stuff that happens in someone else's life.
I put the horse before the cart so I can see not to injure others by accident and extend a hand when appropriate. I even will put myself in harms way to extend that hand at times, but it is up to the other person to reach out and accept help if they want it. That is where I draw the line when it comes to interacting with others. No force even of the well meaning kind. Nice comment and ALOHA!!!
It's important to remember that all-or-nothing (black-or-white) thinking is also incorrect. Rationalism is the correct default way to make many decisions. I don't believe anyone ever has, or ever will, present any evidence that counters that fact.
However, our personal human lives should be exercises in maximizing our life happiness, while not detracting from that of others. Rationalism isn't the only, or even primary factor, when deciding what song you like, or what food you like, or what hobby you'd like. These are the decisions that truly matter on an individual level, but they aren't acceptable means of reasoning on a societal level.
Aloha.
LIve subjectively, dream objectively. We are subject to our experience and thus discover the ideal objective circumstance and can act faithfully in the present to balance our lives. I liken understanding this as putting the horse before the cart so that our minds direct our emotions instead of putting the cart before horse and live blind to the road ahead.
It all begins for me anyway when I began practising an old african saying. "Man know thyself" Author unknown. It is all about balance between what is (subjectivity) and what is ideal (objectively). What matters isn't what you have, but who you are. Knowing who you are for me leads into who I want to be. Discover who subjectively you are means you can now become the ideal you which is the objective you. Not speaking about others but my own experience. ALOHA!!!