ABSTRACT

Moving from animal instinct to human instinct, one recognises the process of decisionmaking coming into play. At the other end of the scale, the human brain can exemplify decision-making at its best with its capacity and ability for feeling, thought, deliberation, reasoning, application, imagination, invention and speech. In fact, for mankind, living is a decision-making process and the more complicated the pattern of life, the more complicated is the decision process. To achieve the desired result in each step taken is the goal to which one aspires, but the intention is not always pursued through a well-conceived plan and a designed strategy. On an ascending scale, but with unacceptable results, one may act without thinking of the consequences, or may give little thought and reasoning to actions which deserve more care and analysis, or may think but ineffectively. The result is sometimes unacceptable or intolerable, and always inferior.