idealism begets pragmatism

[Advocate]

Just like rationality v. emotion, idealism produces pragmatism as a matter of course while pragmatism wallows in lesser evils. Rationality can account for emotion effectively but making rational decisions emotionally is destined for failure. What we want must precede in importance how to get it.

When being attacked by the Vlagos War Fleet, a sensible person asks "How can we defend ourselves?" but a philosopher asks "Why didn't the early-warning system work?" Practicality always trumps but the first concern should be how to prevent problems in the first place as a pre-requisite to being able to solve the ones that do occur effectively.

[Age]

Just like rationality v. emotion, idealism produces pragmatism as a matter of course while pragmatism wallows in lesser evils. Rationality can account for emotion effectively but making rational decisions emotionally is destined for failure.

This appears to be illogical AND irrational?

How can making 'rational decisions' be, supposedly, destined for failure?

What we want must precede in importance how to get it.

When being attacked by the Vlagos War Fleet, a sensible person asks "How can we defend ourselves?" but a philosopher asks "Why didn't the early-warning system work?"

Do ALL, so called, "philosophers" ask this? Or, do just those, so called, "philosophers", which you imagine, would ask such a thing?

Practicality always trumps but the first concern should be how to prevent problems in the first place as a pre-requisite to being able to solve the ones that do occur effectively.

How to prevent problems, in the first place, has ALREADY been answered, thus ALREADY SOLVED, as well.