I couldn't disagree more. The limitations are of the author's rational reasoning, not of rational reasoning itself.
You can reason about what brings you pleasure, and make rational decisions to pursue it. The size of the entertainment industry shows the way society is structured can value art. Many big cities still have big green parks. Many strawmen arguments by the author.
The author just finally realized that emotions aren't rational relative to the circumstances. That doesn't mean they are beyond rational reasoning.
It also doesn't mean society doesn't value them. There's no such thing as society valuing something, there are individual humans making individual decisions. If some of those humans value something, their decisions will reflect that.
No such thing as intrinsic value. There's individual humans and their individual decisions in individual situations. Their decisions might not even be consistent, and different humans will make different decisions.
You can reason about what brings you pleasure, and make rational decisions to pursue it. The size of the entertainment industry shows the way society is structured can value art. Many big cities still have big green parks. Many strawmen arguments by the author.
The author just finally realized that emotions aren't rational relative to the circumstances. That doesn't mean they are beyond rational reasoning.
It also doesn't mean society doesn't value them. There's no such thing as society valuing something, there are individual humans making individual decisions. If some of those humans value something, their decisions will reflect that.
No such thing as intrinsic value. There's individual humans and their individual decisions in individual situations. Their decisions might not even be consistent, and different humans will make different decisions.