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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a rationale for action" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the reasoning or justification behind a specific action or decision.
Example: "The committee provided a clear rationale for action, outlining the benefits of implementing the new policy."
Alternatives: "justification for action" or "reasoning for action".
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Panic provides a rationale for action, sometimes overreaction or even manipulation.
But "religious freedom" advocates argue that religious ideals should be elevated above all others as a rationale for action.
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Using diversity as a rationale for affirmative action also distorts the aims of affirmative action.
When it comes to putting forward a rationale for affirmative action programs, government agencies, including universities, are limited by legal restrictions.
His embrace of racial diversity as a valid goal in university admissions, expressed in a solitary opinion in the 1978 Bakke case to which no other justice subscribed, not only established a rationale for affirmative action but frames the current debate a generation later.
Henry was by now fully determined to take the throne, but presenting a rationale for this action proved a dilemma.
One could reasonably argue that winner-take-all primaries violate the intent of the party's ban on the "unit rule" which causes delegations to vote as a single block, thus providing a rationale for such action.
That could have been enough to justify this remake, so it's too bad that Chisolm has been given a rationale for his actions.
In some cases this could be an artefact of the study design: where people are asked retrospectively to indicate a rationale for their actions they can endorse motivations which construct these in a socially desirable light whilst free of other demands.
The brightest luminaries in the Russian democratic constellation are unable to offer their supporters a coherent rationale for action.
He enlists his people in developing a rationale for his pending action that disguises its real motive.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com