The phrase "able to make rational" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity to think logically or make sound decisions.
Example: "She is able to make rational choices even in stressful situations."
Alternatives: "capable of making logical" or "able to think critically".
Children of any age are allowed to choose to end their suffering, as long as they are able to make rational decisions and are in the final stages of an incurable disease.
What is not so clear, Mr. Ginsburg said, is whether people will make — or be able to make — rational choices between treatments that are not particularly effective and treatments that may help them from becoming sicker later.
"But if he had been, or if he was, and any calls were made for help for him being on substances, I believe that the police should arrive in a manner approaching it, to knowing that this person is maybe on a mind-altering substance, so that they know that they're not going to be lucid or be able to make rational decisions".
Babies and young children are not able to make rational decisions as to their welfare: their parents have to decide how they are fed; what names they shall be known by; what schools they will go to; to which religion they will be directed; all of which decisions have a significant effect on their later life.
Whether they could be educated better or not is a difficult question — because if they're not cognitively able to make rational, risk-based judgements… it could be argued that no matter what parents do, and no matter what education does… this is still risky for children," he said.
You might not be able to make rational decisions.
Human nature yanks us in so many ways as to make rational decision-making almost impossible.
It is assumed that consumers are able to find and process sufficient information about the goods/services to make rational choices.
The addicts may not be in a fit state of mind to give it, so Harris leaves it to doctors to judge whether their patient is able to make a rational decision about something as life-changing as sterilisation.
The Australian mental health commissioner and psychiatrist, Ian Hickie, said Nitschke's view that anyone should be able to make a rational decision to end their own life regardless of their age or health status was a dangerous one.
In other words, hyperbolic discounters are able to make the rational choice when they're thinking about the future, but, as the present gets closer, short-term considerations overwhelm their long-term goals.
