How to make reason more reasonable

A. C. Grayling discussion

1: Reason stands against values and morals
Shaping a moral and humane world requires more than reason, says Archbishop Rowan Williams

2: No one actually uses reason
If we had to think logically about everything we did, we’d never do anything at all, says neuroscientist Chris Frith.

3: I hear "reason", I see lies
Science is routinely co-opted by governments and corporations to subvert people’s ability to make their own decisions, say sociologist David Miller and linguist Noam Chomsky.

4: Reason excludes creativity and intuition
Reason is lost without art, says Turner prizewinner Keith Tyson.

5: Whose reason is it anyway?
Real people don’t live their lives according to cold rationality, says bioethicist Tom Shakespeare.

6: Reason destroys itself
Even in formal mathematics, reason breaks its own rules, says mathematician Roger Penrose.

7: Reason is just another faith
Unconditional reliance on a single authority is never sensible, says philosopher Mary Midgley.