The phrase "a rational decision to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the reasoning or thought process behind making a decision that is logical and well-considered.
Example: "After weighing all the options, she made a rational decision to invest in renewable energy."
Alternatives: "a logical choice to" or "a sensible decision to".
Austrian depositors were making a rational decision to withdraw their money.
Nitschke has argued that Brayley made a rational decision to suicide.
It's a rational decision to stop loving his parents — and if it takes a toll on Jonah we don't see it, because this is not his story.
Can a person's legal right to take their own life ever be a rational decision to the point that doctors are actually obligated to make no intervention?
My long experience in deprived areas tells me that the number who make a rational decision to live on benefits is tiny.
Nugent argued that Brayley had said he was going to take his own life but he was clearly making a rational decision to do so.
"All this is not necessarily related to a rational decision at the top of the Pakistani military to see things our way," the official said.
Lord Stirrup, who was head of the armed forces when the 2010 decision was made, said the government had made a "perfectly rational decision" to backtrack after discovering the "true nature of the costs and the risks that are involved".
"We found almost no examples of heroes whose first impulse was for self-preservation but who overcame that impulse with a conscious, rational decision to help".
Lawyers will argue this week that doctors should not "pathologise" the behaviour of an individual's "rational decision to suicide" nor be compelled to intervene in what they say is that individual's right.
This paper argues that we need emotions in order to make a rational decision as to the moral acceptability of technological risks.
