well let's say someone is gonna kill you, neighbor, bank robber what have you......you beg for your life and they feel for you and spare you.........all emotion there....I would agree with you if you said "sometimes".....but sometimes mercy is emotional and not rational at all....IMO
Ok, you win. I must correct my statement and say SOMETIMES mercy is emotional(like a robber who spares me) however, for every base emotion, their is a higher, spiritual meaning (let's say beyond logic). This is the basis of all civil intercourse. It is the basis of all GOOD law.