The phrase "action is rational" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about decision-making, behavior, or philosophy, particularly in contexts where the reasoning behind actions is being analyzed.
Example: "In economics, it is often assumed that action is rational, meaning individuals make choices that maximize their utility."
Alternatives: "behavior is logical" or "conduct is reasoned".
(ii) If, on the basis of that experience, you believe that a rock is flying towards you, and you act on that belief and duck, there is a sense in which your belief and action are rational, irrespective of whether that experience is a veridical perception, an illusion, or a hallucination.
He said Gill-Webb's actions were "rational and wrong" and intended to cause harassment, alarm and distress.
Once again, realists might demur, claiming that some actions are rational things to do, because some things have value as such: so, perhaps knowledge is valuable in itself, thereby making it rational to seek it.
Building on this idea in the theory of value, it has been proposed that actions are rational insofar as they succeed in expressing the attitudes that it is rational to adopt toward the true bearers of intrinsic value: people, animals, and things (Anderson 1993).
Their actions were rational -- they wanted to deceive their brethren so that they could amass power.
Courts continue to review state actions drawing classifications on the basis of mental disability with their most lenient interpretative methods, employing rational basis review, whereby any state action that is rational will be upheld.
Traditional utility theory (also known as decision theory, see entry on normative theories of rational choice: expected utility) explores a particular strategy for establishing the norms that govern which actions it is rational for us to perform in a given situation.
Principled action constrains one's action, and it is rational to be so constrained.
When we make the normative judgment that something is good for us, or that we have a reason to act in a particular way, or that a specific course of action is the rational course, we also tend to be moved.
Identification of clusters of coordinately regulated genes for drug mechanism of action is a rational approach to the selection of critical drug targets.
