WI ancient greek city state took on logic in all it's decisions making and behaviour civil and leadership

[Jimbo808]

Let's say a lesser city like Thebes or Corinth say decides to use logic in all of its decision making all the way down to individuals. How would this impact would it be amazingly successful or is this oing to turn dystopian?

Edit: let's say this happened during the Peloponnese war

 

[Sceonn]

Let's say a lesser city like Thebes or Corinth say decides to use logic in all of its decision making all the way down to individuals. How would this impact would it be amazingly successful or is this oing to turn dystopian?

What do you mean by logic exactly?

 

[EasternRomanEmpire]

Let's say a lesser city like Thebes or Corinth say decides to use logic in all of its decision making all the way down to individuals. How would this impact would it be amazingly successful or is this oing to turn dystopian?

Most people use logic when making important decisions, I don't understand what you mean.

Edit: let's say this happened during the Peloponnese war

There's not much to do, you're fighting a war and the ones at the head are doing the most logical thing in their opinion.

 

[Fabius Maximus]

Let's say a lesser city like Thebes or Corinth say decides to use logic in all of its decision making all the way down to individuals. How would this impact would it be amazingly successful or is this oing to turn dystopian?

Almost everybody uses logic in their decision-making, so this is OTL, unless of course you mean that nobody makes any illogical or irrational decision, in which case it's ASB because you're essentially asking to change human nature. It would be amazingly successful if it did happen, though.

 

[Jimbo808]

Well you're correct in some regards but love and hate has an impact. I'm thinking pure logic kind like Vulcan although this isn't space bats

 

[EasternRomanEmpire]

Well you're correct in some regards but love and hate has an impact. I'm thinking pure logic kind like Vulcan although this isn't space bats

Emotions don't have an impact most of the time when you look on the national level.

 

[Mildtryth]

Emotions don't have an impact most of the time when you look on the national level.

Of course, in the Ancient Greek example OP is positing, since the states are much smaller, their impact can be amplified - witness the aftermath of the Battle of Arginusae for an example.

 

[Analytical Engine]

Well you're correct in some regards but love and hate has an impact. I'm thinking pure logic kind like Vulcan although this isn't space bats

Yes, but Vulcans can (A) be real dicks, and (B) aren't as logical and unemotional as they claim to be

 

[Sceonn]

The ancient Greeks were the inventors of Stoic philosophies, so Stoicism pervading the early society on the level of Confucianism in East Asia is perhaps what the OP is looking for.

 

[Fabius Maximus]

Emotions don't have an impact most of the time when you look on the national level.

To be fair, they kind of did in ancient Greece, where national honour was very important and required avenging any slight, real or imagined.

Though one could argue that, in a society where you're expected to act that way, it's logical to do so, as otherwise you'll get a reputation as a pansy and people will start mistreating you.

 

[EasternRomanEmpire]

To be fair, they kind of did in ancient Greece, where national honour was very important and required avenging any slight, real or imagined.

Though one could argue that, in a society where you're expected to act that way, it's logical to do so, as otherwise you'll get a reputation as a pansy and people will start mistreating you.

One does not invade another country for no reason, the honour is international prestige, like the US in 9/11 they needed to take revenge or lose all credibility.

 

[Evil Crusader]

ASB, because most humans simply cannot be divorced from their emotions and values, even of they stood to gain everything from it, which is core to the problem: logic in and of itself Is just a tool for making decisions, but it doesn't necessarily inform the priorities of the decision-makers.

 

[Hearkener]

Well you're correct in some regards but love and hate has an impact. I'm thinking pure logic kind like Vulcan although this isn't space bats

Pure logic cannot be devorced from emotion. Feelings are rational responses to environmental stimuli; they define why we have logic in the first place. If you have no emotions, all the logic in the world won't actually do anything, because you'd have no motivation to act in the first place.

The main reason why we see dead people as irrational is because we don't know them as intimately as the people of our own age.

 

[Salamander]

ASB, simply because logic is merely a thought process, not an infallible one. You can use logic and still end up with an erroneous outcome, because the data on which you are basing your decisions on may be flawed.