The phrase "a rational awareness" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a clear and logical understanding of a situation or concept.
Example: "In order to make informed decisions, one must cultivate a rational awareness of the potential consequences."
Alternatives: "a logical understanding" or "a reasoned perception".
She plays Ruth, a heavily pregnant woman with an intense and rational awareness that, despite the sentimental propaganda, pregnancy is a gruelling, painful and violent business, made even more traumatic by the condescending way women in her situation are habitually treated.
This happens in that instant when the eyes of lovers meet, when the hand reaches for a must-have product that the pocketbook can't afford, when "I really shouldn't" have another drink becomes "Oh why not?" In these moments, our rational awareness takes a back seat.
Will these images of frightful animalistic threats be enough to overcome the mind's rational awareness of its safety in a modern art gallery setting, even for a split second?
Condemned by a panel of 501 Athenian citizens to kill himself with hemlock, Socrates carried out the sentence with perfect composure and in full rational awareness — or so the myth has it.
It is only when someone can reason about their actions by observing them logically that is, as a rational law-giver might that self-awareness has been minimally achieved.
Accurate estimation of the magnitude of an emerging epidemic is essential for maintaining situational awareness and determining a rational public health response.
According to Jonassen (2012), the trade-off analysis is a rational model of decision-making and an avenue for metacognitive awareness that opens opportunities for learning (Jonassen 2012).
I have awareness to comment or communicate with others online in a rational way .
However, researchers from INSEAD and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania have found that mindfulness meditation -- which is awareness of the present moment -- can help you to make a rational decision in the face of this sunk-cost bias.
